New ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Dolichoderinae) from Canadian Late Cretaceous amber

Bulletin of Geosciences

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 583-594

  McKellar, Ryan C ^a,b   Glasier, James R N ^b   Engel, Michael S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aculeata; Campanian; Divergence times; fossil Hymenoptera; Grassy Lake amber

Indexed keywords

ANT; CAMPANIAN; DIVERGENCE; FOSSIL RECORD; NEW GENUS; NEW SPECIES; PHYLOGENY; TAXONOMY;

ALBERTA; CANADA; GRASSY LAKE;

ACULEATA; DOLICHODERINAE; EOTAPINOMA; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 84879715387     PISSN: 12141119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3140/bull.geosci.1425     Document Type: Article

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