The first queen-worker association for Cretaceous Formicidae: the winged caste of Haidomyrmex cerberus

Two queen ant specimens, one alate and one dealate, from mid-Cretaceous (Late Albian–Early Cenomanian) Burmese amber are herein reported as belonging Haidomyrmex cerberus Dlussky, 1996. This is the first discovery and documentation of an alate queen in Haidomyrmex. Compared with work...

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Main Authors: Yuanyuan Guo, Chungkun Shih, De Zhuo, Dong Ren, Yunyun Zhao, Taiping Gao
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Pensoft Publishers 2021-07-01
Series:ZooKeys
Online Access:https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/66920/download/pdf/