Ypresiomyrma rebekkae
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Cladus: Eukaryota
Supergroup: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Cladus: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Cladus: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Hymenopterida
Ordo: Hymenoptera
Subordo: Apocrita
Superfamilia: Formicoidea
Familia: Formicidae
Subfamilia: Myrmeciinae
Tribus: Incertae Sedis
Genus: †Ypresiomyrma
Species: Ypresiomyrma rebekkae
[edit] Name
Ypresiomyrma rebekkae (Rust & Anderson, 1999) Archibald, Cover, & Moreau, 2006
[edit] Synonyms
Pachycondyla rebekkae Rust & Anderson 1999
[edit] Type locality
Earliest Ypresian Ølst and Fur Formations,Stolleklint and Manhøj, Isle of Fur, Denmark
[edit] Type Material
Holotype: Geologic Museum of the University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark; Danekræ 94, GM16-A4218
Paratype 1: Geologic Museum of the University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark; Danekræ 94, GM16-A4218 (on same specimen as the Holotype)
Paratype 2: Geologic Museum of the University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark; Danekræ 83, GM1995.9A, 16-3573
Paratype 3: Geologic Museum of the University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark; Danekræ 61, GM1994.9
Paratype 4: Geologic Museum of the University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark; Danekræ 60, GM1994.8, 16-3964
Paratype 5: Geologic Museum of the University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark; Danekræ 302, I396
[edit] Reference
- Archibald, S.B.; Cover, S.P.; Moreau, C.S. 2006: Bulldog ants of the Eocene Okanogan Highlands and the history of the subfamily (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmeciinae) Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 99: 487-523. PDF
- Rust, J. & Anderson, N.M. 1999. Giant ants from the Paleogene of Denmark with a discussion of the fossil history and early evolution of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Zoological Journal of the Linnaen Society 125:331-358
