Thanacomyrmex

†Thanacomyrmex Temporal range: Bartonian, Middle to Late Eocene K Pa Eo Ol Mi Pl Baltic amber, Baltic Sea region
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Genus:	†Thanacomyrmex Cheny, Wang & Perrichot, 2019
Type species
Thanacomyrmex hoffeinsorum
Diversity
1 fossil species (Species Checklist)

Distribution

This taxon is known from Baltic amber, Baltic Sea region, Europe (Bartonian, Middle to Late Eocene).

Nomenclature

The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.

• †THANACOMYRMEX [Myrmicinae]
  • †Thanacomyrmex Cheny, Wang & Perrichot, 2019: 591. Type-species: †Thanacomyrmex hoffeinsorum, by original designation.

References

• Cheny, C., Wang, B., Perrichot, V. 2019. A new genus of myrmicine ant (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Eocene Baltic amber. Comptes Rendus Palevol 18: 589–597 (doi:10.1016/j.crpv.2019.0*Schifani, E., Scupola, A., Alicata, A. 2020. Morphology, ecology and biogeography of Myrmecina sicula André, 1882, rediscovered after 140 years (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Biogeographia – The Journal of Integrative Biogeography 35, 105–116 (doi:[https://doi.org/10.21426%2Fb635048444 10.21426/b635048444).

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