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An Online Catalog of the Ants of the World by Barry Bolton
Catalog › Formicidae › †Sphecomyrminae › †Sphecomyrmini › †Gerontoformica › †Gerontoformica magna
†Gerontoformica magna (Barden & Grimaldi, 2014) valid
†Sphecomyrmodes magnus Barden & Grimaldi, 2014: 7, figs. 3A–D (w.) MYANMAR (Burmese Amber).
Primary type information: JZC-Bu108A; AMNH, Zigras collection
  • Combination in †Gerontoformica: Barden & Grimaldi, 2016: 518 (or Suppl. Information p. 16); subsequent change of specific epithet in accord with the feminine gender of the genus (unpublished)
  • †Gerontoformica magna in †Gerontoformica pilosa species group: Boudinot et al., 2020: 30; Boudinot et al., 2022: 1362
Obsolete combinations
  • †Sphecomyrmodes magnus
Citations
  • 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
  • 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
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