The oldest ant in the Lower Cretaceous amber of Charente-Maritime (SW France) (Insecta : Hymenoptera : Formicidae)
Gerontoformica cretacica n. gen., n. sp., until now the oldest known ant, is described after a putative worker specimen, from the Uppermost Albian amber of France. Although its characters are those of modern ants, it does not fit in any recent ant subfamilies.
| Autores: | , , , |
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| Formato: | artículo |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2004 |
| País: | España |
| Recursos: | Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona |
| Repositorio: | Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB |
| Idioma: | inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ddd.uab.cat:86147 |
| Acesso em linha: | https://ddd.uab.cat/record/86147 https://dx.doi.org/urn:doi:10.1344/105.000001630 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palavra-chave: | Insecta Hymenoptera Formicidae. n. gen N. sp. Lower Cretaceous amber France |
| Resumo: | Gerontoformica cretacica n. gen., n. sp., until now the oldest known ant, is described after a putative worker specimen, from the Uppermost Albian amber of France. Although its characters are those of modern ants, it does not fit in any recent ant subfamilies. |
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