Zigrasimeciinae

†Zigrasimeciinae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	†Zigrasimeciinae Borysenko, 2017
Type genus
†Zigrasimecia
Diversity
3 fossil genera 5 fossil species

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Statistics

Extant Taxa

No living taxa are known from this subfamily.

Fossil Taxa

Fossil Genera	% World Fossil Genera	Valid Fossil Species/Subsp.	% World Fossil Species/Subsp.
3	1.9%	5	0.58%

Fossils known from: Burmese amber, Kachin State, Myanmar (Early Cenomanian, Late Cretaceous), Foremost Formation amber, Alberta, Canada (Campanian, Late Cretaceous).

List of Tribes and Genera

Tribes

No tribes within subfamily.

Extant Genera

This subfamily is known only from fossils.

Fossil Genera

Boltonimecia • Protozigrasimecia • Zigrasimecia

Nomenclature

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

• †ZIGRASIMECIINAE [subfamily of Formicidae]
  • †Zigrasimeciini Borysenko, 2017: 3. Type-genus: †Zigrasimecia Barden & Grimaldi, 2013: 407.

Taxonomic History

• †Zigrasimeciini as tribe of †Sphecomyrminae: Borysenko, 2017: 3, 18 (diagnosis).
• †Zigrasimeciini as subfamily of Formicidae: Boudinot, Perrichot & Chaul, 2020: 29.

References

• Boudinot, B.E., Perrichot, V., Chaul, J.C.M. 2020. †Camelosphecia gen. nov., lost ant-wasp intermediates from the mid-Cretaceous (Hymenoptera, Formicoidea). ZooKeys 1005, 21–55 (doi:10.3897/zookeys.1005.57629).