†Gerontoformica
Nel & Perrault, 2004
valid
feminine
†Gerontoformica
Nel & Perrault, 2004:
24
Type-species:
†Gerontoformica cretacica (unidentifiable), 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); Boudinot et al., 2022: 1362 (species group revision), 1364 (genus diagnosis in diagnosis of †Gerontoformica sternorhabda), 1380 (key to species); Richter et al., 2022: 28 (genus features).
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
- Boudinot, B. E.; Richter, A.; Katzke, J.; Chaul, J. C. M.; Keller, R. A.; Economo, E. P.; Beutel, R. G.; Yamamoto, S. 2022. Evidence for the evolution of eusociality in stem ants and a systematic revision of †Gerontoformica (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 195:1355-1389. 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlab097/6523228 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
- Richter, A.; Boudinot, B.; Yamamoto, S.; Katzke, J.; Beutel, R. G. 2022. The first reconstruction of the head anatomy of a Cretaceous insect, †Gerontoformica gracilis (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), and the early evolution of ants. Insect Systematics and Diversity 6(5), 4:1-80. 10.1093/isd/ixac013 PDF
Fossil: 9 valid species
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