Geologica Acta (Jan 2004)

The oldest ant in the Lower Cretaceous amber of Charente-Maritime (SW France) (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

  • André Nel,
  • G. Perrault,
  • Vincent Perrichot,
  • D. Néradeau

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1344/105.000001630
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 2, no. 1

Abstract

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Gerontoformica cretacica n. gen., n. sp., until now the oldest known ant, is described after a putative worker specimen, from the Uppermost Albian amber of France. Although its characters are those of modern ants, it does not fit in any recent ant subfamilies.