Ypresiomyrma

†Ypresiomyrma rebekkae

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: †Ypresiomyrma
Species: †Y. bartletti – †Y. orbiculata – †Y. orientalis – †Y. rebekkae

Name

Ypresiomyrma Archibald, Cover, & Moreau, 2006

Etymology

• "The generic name refers to the Ypresian age, and "-myrma", from the Greek myrmex, meaning "ant". Gender: feminine"

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. 
• Dlussky, G.M.(†), Rasnitsyn, A.P. & Perfilieva, K.S. 2015. The ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Bolshaya Svetlovodnaya (Late Eocene of Sikhote-Alin, Russian Far East). Caucasian Entomological Bulletin 11(1): 131–152. 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. 

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