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Kyromyrma neffi

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Formicidae

Taxonomy
Kyromyrma neffi was named by Grimaldi and Agosti (2000). Its type specimen is AMNH NJ-1029, an exoskeleton, and it is an inclusion in amber. Its type locality is White Oaks Pit (Old Crossman's Clay Pits), which is in a Turonian delta plain amber/lignite in the Raritan Formation of New Jersey. It is the type species of Kyromyrma.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2000Kyromyrma neffi Grimaldi and Agosti pp. 13681-13683 fig. 1
2012Kyromyrma neffi Bolton
2020Kyromyrma neffi Boudinot et al. p. 30
2022Kyromyrma neffi Boudinot et al. p. 124 figs. 8L, 9L

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
RankNameAuthor
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
Holometabola
Hymenopterida
orderHymenoptera
Unicalcarida
suborderApocritaGerstaecker 1867
Aculeata()
superfamilyFormicoidea
familyFormicidae()
Antennoclypeata
subfamilyFormicinae
genusKyromyrma
speciesneffi

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Kyromyrma neffi Grimaldi and Agosti 2000
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Created: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Modified: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range: Turonian or 93.90000 to 89.80000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Turonian93.9 - 89.8USA (New Jersey) Kyromyrma neffi (type locality: 110895)