Avitomyrmex mastax

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Formicoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Superphylum: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Mandibulata Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Hymenopterida Ordo: Hymenoptera Subordo: Apocrita Superfamilia: Formicoidea

Familia: Formicidae
Subfamilia: Myrmeciinae
Genus: †Avitomyrmex
Species: †Avitomyrmex mastax

Name

• †Avitomyrmex mastax Archibald, Cover, & Moreau, 2006

Type material

• Holotype: UCCIPRL-18 F-850 (part only) (partial Queen)
  • Repository: Thompson Rivers University, Kamloops, Thompson-Nicola Regional District, British Columbia, Canada
    • Collector: unknown

• Paratype: UCCIPRUCCIPRL-18 F-850 (part only) (partial Queen)
  • Repository: Thompson Rivers University, Kamloops, Thompson-Nicola Regional District, British Columbia, Canada
    • Collector: unknown

Type locality

• Eocene, Ypresian; Eocene Okanagan Highlands; Kamloops Group, Tranquille Formation?; McAbee fossil beds, 8 km (5.0 mi) east of Cache Creek, Thompson-Nicola Regional District, British Columbia, Canada

Etymology

• "From the Greek mastax, for "jaw", or "mandible" referring to its mandible size, notably small within the subfamily, but common within the family"

Distribution

Eocene

• Ypresian
• Eocene Okanagan Highlands
  • Kamloops Group, Tranquille Formation?; McAbee fossil beds, 8 km (5.0 mi) east of Cache Creek, Thompson-Nicola Regional District, British Columbia, Canada

References

Primary references

• Archibald, S.B., Cover, S. P. & Moreau, C. S. 2006. Bulldog Ants of the Eocene Okanagan Highlands and History of the Subfamily (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmeciinae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 99(3): 487–523. doi:10.1603/0013-8746(2006)99[487:BAOTEO]2.0.CO;2. http://antbase.org/ants/publications/21067/21067.pdf. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Archibald, S.B., Rasnitsyn, A.P., Brothers, D.J. & Mathewes, R.W. 2018. Modernisation of the Hymenoptera: ants, bees, wasps, and sawflies of the early Eocene Okanagan Highlands of western North America. The Canadian Entomologist 150(2): 205–257. doi:10.4039/tce.2017.59. ISSN 0008-347X.  Reference page.