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An Online Catalog of the Ants of the World by Barry Bolton
Catalog › Formicidae › Myrmeciinae › †Avitomyrmex
†Avitomyrmex Archibald et al., 2006 incertae sedis in subfamily, valid masculine
†Avitomyrmex Archibald et al., 2006: 495 Type-species: †Avitomyrmex mastax, by original designation.
Type notes: Stratigraphic range: Eocene.
  • †Avitomyrmex incertae sedis in Myrmeciinae: Archibald et al., 2006: 495; Mera-Rodríguez et al., 2023: 3 (in table).
  • †Avitomyrmex incertae sedis in Hymenoptera: sensu Baroni Urbani, 2008: 6.
Citations
  • Archibald, S. B.; Cover, S. P.; Moreau, C. S. 2006. Bulldog ants of the Eocene Okanagan Highlands and history of the subfamily (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmeciinae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 99:487-523. PDF
  • Baroni Urbani, C. 2008. Orthotaxonomy and parataxonomy of true and presumed bulldog ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Doriana 8 (358):1-10. PDF
  • Mera-Rodríguez, D.; Jourdan, H.; Ward, P. S.; Shattuck, S.; Cover, S. P.; Wilson, E. O.; Rabeling, C. 2023. Biogeography and evolution of social parasitism in Australian Myrmecia bulldog ants revealed by phylogenomics. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 186 (107825):1-18. [online early] 10.1016/j.ympev.2023.107825 PDF

Fossil: 3 valid species

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unidentifiable/excluded from Formicidae
homonym
unavailable/nomen nudum
obsolete combination
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