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An Online Catalog of the Ants of the World
by Barry Bolton
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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 subcuspis
†
Gerontoformica
subcuspis
(Barden & Grimaldi, 2014)
valid
†
Sphecomyrmodes subcuspis
Barden & Grimaldi, 2014
: 17, figs. 8A-C (w.) MYANMAR (Burmese Amber, Cretaceous).
Primary type information:
Primary type locality: Myanmar: Kachin State, Hukawng Valley. Primary type depository:
AMNH
(Zigras collection). Primary type specimen:
JZC-Bu304
.
Combination in
†
Gerontoformica
:
Barden & Grimaldi, 2016
: in supplemental information (not paginated).
†
Gerontoformica subcuspis
in
†
Gerontoformica orientalis
species group:
Boudinot
et al.
, 2020
: 30.
†
Gerontoformica subcuspis
in
†
Gerontoformica gracilis
species group:
Boudinot
et al.
, 2022
: 1362.
Status as species:
Barden, 2017
: 3;
Boudinot
et al.
, 2022
: 1381 (in key).
Obsolete combinations
†
Sphecomyrmodes subcuspis
Citations
Barden, P.
2017.
Fossil ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): ancient diversity and the rise of modern lineages.
Myrmecological News 24:1-30.
PDF
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
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homonym
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