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An Online Catalog of the Ants of the World by Barry Bolton
Catalog › Formicidae › †Sphecomyrminae › †Sphecomyrmini › †Gerontoformica › †Gerontoformica orientalis
†Gerontoformica orientalis (Engel & Grimaldi, 2005) valid
†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
Obsolete combinations
  • †Sphecomyrmodes orientalis
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
  • 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
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