Tyrannomecia

†Tyrannomecia Temporal range: Paleocene K Pa Eo Ol Mi Pl Menat Formation, Menat, Puy-de-Dôme, France
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmeciinae
Genus:	†Tyrannomecia Jouault & Nel, 2021
Type species
Tyrannomecia inopinata
Diversity
1 fossil species (Species Checklist)

Distribution

This taxon is known from Menat Formation, Menat, Puy-de-Dôme, France (Paleocene).

Castes

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  Tyrannomecia inopinata gen. et sp. nov., holotype MNHN.FA71374. Photographs. (a) head; (b) petiolar region. Scale bars = 2 mm (a), 1 mm (b).

Nomenclature

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

• †ARCHIMYRMEX [Myrmeciinae]
  • †Tyrannomecia Jouault & Nel, 2021: 3, figs. 1, 2. Type-species: †Tyrannomecia inopinata, by original designation.

References

• Jouault, C., Nel, A. 2021. The oldest Cenozoic ant fossil: †Tyrannomecia gen. nov. (Formicidae: Myrmeciinae) from the Palaeocene Menat Formation (France). Historical Biology, 1–8 (doi:10.1080/08912963.2021.2010192).