Species: †Chronomyrmex medicinehatensis McKellar, Glasier & Engel, 2013

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Classification:

Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Dolichoderinae
Genus: Chronomyrmex
Species: medicinehatensis

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Taxonomic History (provided by Barry Bolton, 2017)

†Chronomyrmex medicinehatensis McKellar, Glasier & Engel, 2013 PDF: 588, figs. 1-4 (w.) CANADIAN AMBER (Cretaceous). AntCat AntWiki HOL

Distribution:

(based on species list records)
Nearctic Region: Alberta, Canada, North America
Neotropical Region: Americas

Distribution Notes:

Grassy Lake amber, Alberta, Canada; Late Cretaceous, Campanian (ca. 79 Ma).

Comments:

Holotype UASM 336801, in University of Alberta Strickland Entomology Museum, Edmonton, Canada.

References:

McKellar R.C., Glasier J. & Engel M.S. (2013) New ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Dolichoderinae) from Canadian Late Cretaceous amber. Bulletin of Geosciences, 88: 583-594.

Specimen Habitat Summary

Type specimens: holotype: uasm336801; paratype: uasm336802

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