An Online Catalog of the Ants of the World
by Barry Bolton
Gerontoformica Nel & Perrault, 2004 incertae sedis in family, valid feminine

Fossil: 13 valid species

Gerontoformica Nel & Perrault, 2004Nel, A.; Perrault, G. 2004. [Untitled. Genus Gerontoformica Nel and Perrault n. gen. Type species: Gerontoformica cretacica Nel and Perrault n. sp.]. Pp. 24-26 in: Nel, A.; Perrault, G.; Perrichot, V.; Néraudeau, D. 2004. The oldest ant in the Lower Cretaceous amber of Charente-Maritime (SW France) (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Geologica Acta 2:23-29. 131921: 24 (w.) FRANCE (Charentese Amber). Type-species: Gerontoformica cretacica, by original designation. AntWeb AntWiki
Genus Gerontoformica references
Barden & Grimaldi, 2016Barden, P.; Grimaldi, D. A. 2016. Adaptive radiation in socially advanced stem-group ants from the Cretaceous. Current Biology 26:515-521. PDF 142879: 518 (redelimitation, diagnosis)
Changed by Brendon E. Boudinot about 1 month ago; approved by Vincent Perrichot approved this change 12 days ago
†fossil
valid
synonym
subspecies
unidentifiable/excluded from Formicidae
unavailable/nomen nudum
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original combination
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