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An Online Catalog of the Ants of the World
by Barry Bolton
Catalog
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Formicidae
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†Sphecomyrminae
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†Sphecomyrmini
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Gerontoformica
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Gerontoformica cretacica
†
Gerontoformica
cretacica
Nel & Perrault, 2004
valid
†
Gerontoformica cretacica
Nel & Perrault, 2004
: 24, figs. 1, 2 (w.) FRANCE (Charentese Amber, Cretaceous).
Primary type information:
Primary type locality: France: Charente-Maritime, Archingeay/Les Nouillers, Font-de-Benon quarry. Primary type depository:
MNHN
. Primary type specimen:
MNHN
.F.A30088.
†
Gerontoformica cretacica
in
†
Gerontoformica pilosa
species group:
Boudinot
et al.
, 2020
: 29
†
Gerontoformica cretacica
in
†
Gerontoformica cretacica
species group:
Boudinot
et al.
, 2022
: 1362.
Status as species:
Barden, 2017
: 2.
Nomen dubium
:
Boudinot
et al.
, 2022
: 1362.
Citations
Barden, P.
2017.
Fossil ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): ancient diversity and the rise of modern lineages.
Myrmecological News 24:1-30.
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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.
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