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

Nel, André; Perrault, G.; Perrichot, Vincent; Néradeau, Didier; Néraudeau, D.

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

Journal article published in 2015 by André Nel, G. Perrault, Vincent Perrichot

, Didier Néradeau, D. Néraudeau

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Abstract

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.