†Gerontoformica
Nel & Perrault, 2004
valid
feminine
†Gerontoformica
Nel & Perrault, 2004:
24 (w.)
FRANCE (Charentese amber).
Type-species:
†Gerontoformica cretacica, by original designation.
- †Gerontoformica incertae sedis in Formicidae: Nel et al., 2004: 24; Barden, 2017: 2
- †Gerontoformica in †Sphecomyrminae: Perrichot, 2014: 168 (in text).
- †Gerontoformica in †Sphecomyrminae, †Sphecomyrmini: Borysenko, 2017: 15
- †Gerontoformica as senior synonym of †Sphecomyrmodes: Barden & Grimaldi, 2016: 518
Junior synonyms
- †Sphecomyrmodes Engel & Grimaldi, 2005
Genus †Gerontoformica references
Barden & Grimaldi, 2014: 18 (species key); Barden & Grimaldi, 2016: 518 (redelimitation, diagnosis); Boudinot et al., 2020: 38 (diagnosis in key, species group key)
Citations
- Barden, P. 2017. Fossil ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): ancient diversity and the rise of modern lineages. Myrmecological News 24:1-30. PDF
- Barden, P.; Grimaldi, D. A. 2014. A diverse ant fauna from the mid-Cretaceous of Myanmar (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). PLoS ONE 9 (4):e93627. 10.1371/journal.pone.0093627 PDF
- Barden, P.; Grimaldi, D. A. 2016. Adaptive radiation in socially advanced stem-group ants from the Cretaceous. Current Biology 26:515-521. 10.1016/j.cub.2015.12.060 PDF
- Borysenko, L. H. 2017. Description of a new genus of primitive ants from Canadian amber, with the study of relationships between stem- and crown-group ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Insecta Mundi 570:1-57. PDF
- 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. 10.3897/zookeys.1005.57629 PDF
- Nel, 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. PDF
- 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. PDF
- Perrichot, V. 2014. A new species of the Cretaceous ant Zigrasimecia based on the worker caste reveals placement of the genus in the Sphecomyrminae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Myrmecological News 19:165-169. PDF
Fossil: 12 valid species
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