Open AccessTHE SUPPOSED CRETACEOUS ANT CRETACOFORMICA EXPLICATA JELL AND DUNCAN (HYMENOPTERA)
Author(s) -
Naumann I. D.
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
australian journal of entomology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1440-6055
pISSN - 1326-6756
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-6055.1993.tb00601.x
Subject(s) - cretaceous , holotype , hymenoptera , biology , paleontology , archaeology , zoology , geography , taxonomy (biology)
The holotype of Cretacoformica explicata Jell and Duncan from the early Cretaceous Koonwarra Fossil Beds, Victoria, is redescribed and the wing venation re‐interpreted. Placement of the species within the Formicidae cannot be confirmed and a recent transfer of the species to the Diapriidae is not supported.