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
- †Gerontoformica incertae sedis in Formicidae: Nel, Perrault, Perrichot & Néraudeau, 2004Nel, 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. PDF 131920: 24; Barden, 2017Barden, P. 2017. Fossil ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): ancient diversity and the rise of modern lineages. Myrmecological News 24:1-30. 143000: 2.
- †Gerontoformica as senior synonym of †Sphecomyrmodes: 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.
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)
†fossil
valid
synonym
subspecies
unidentifiable/excluded from Formicidae
unavailable/nomen nudum
homonym
original combination