†Gerontoformica orientalis
(Engel & Grimaldi, 2005)
incertae sedis in genus, unidentifiable
†Sphecomyrmodes orientalis
Engel & Grimaldi, 2005:
5, figs. 3, 4 (w.)
BURMESE AMBER (Cretaceous).
- Combination in †Gerontoformica: Barden & Grimaldi, 2016: 518 (or Suppl. Information p. 16)
- †Gerontoformica orientalis in †Gerontoformica orientalis species group: Boudinot et al., 2020: 29
- Nomen dubium: Boudinot et al., 2022: 8.
Obsolete combinations
Citations
- 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
- Engel, M. S.; Grimaldi, D. A. 2005. Primitive new ants in Cretaceous amber from Myanmar, New Jersey, and Canada (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). American Museum Novitates 3485:1-23. PDF