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Species: †Haidomyrmex cerberus   Dlussky, 1996 


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Taxonomic History (provided by Barry Bolton, 2017)

†Haidomyrmex cerberus Dlussky, 1996B: 86, fig. 1 (w.) BURMESE AMBER (Cretaceous). AntCat AntWiki HOL

Taxonomic history

See also: Engel & Grimaldi, 2005 PDF: 11.

Distribution:

(based on species list records)
Indomalaya Region: Asia, Kachin, Myanmar, South-Eastern Asia

Distribution Notes:

Burmese amber, Tanai Village, Myanmar; Mid-Cretaceous, Early Cenomanian (98.79 +- 0.62 Ma; Shi et al., 2012).

Comments:

Holotype BMNH(P) In.20182 in Natural History Museum, London, U.K.

References:

  • Dlussky G. M. 1996. Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Burmese amber. Paleontological Journal, 30(4): 449-454.
  • 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.
  • Shi G., Grimaldi D.A., Harlow G.E., Wang Jing, Wang Jun, Yang M., Lei W., Li Q., Li X., 2012. Age constraint on Burmese amber based on UPb dating of zircons. Cretaceous Research, 37: 155-163.

Specimen Habitat Summary

Type specimens: holotype: bmnhp20182



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