New fossil ants in French Cretaceous amber (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 91-97

  Perrichot, Vincent ^a   Nel, André ^b   Néraudeau, Didier ^c   Lacau, Sébastien ^d   Guyot, Thierry ^e  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^d DEBI   (Brazil)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE LA ROCHELLE   (France)

Author keywords

Cretaceous; Formicidae; France; Haidomyrmecini; Insecta; Sphecomyrminae

Indexed keywords

AMBER; ANT; CENOMANIAN; CRETACEOUS; FOSSIL; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TAXONOMY;

ANT; ARTICLE; CRETACEOUS; FOSSIL ANIMAL; FRANCE; HAIDOMYRMEX; HAIDOMYRMODES MAMMUTHUS; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HYMENOPTERA; MESOZOIC; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MONOPHYLY; MYANMAR; NEW SPECIES; NONHUMAN; PALEONTOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; SPHECOMYRMINAE; TAXONOMY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; WESTERN EUROPE;

FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA; MAMMUTHUS; SPHECOMYRMINAE;

EID: 38049000916     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-007-0302-7     Document Type: Article

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