New species of Myrmicium Westwood (Psedosiricidae = Myrmiciidae: Hymenoptera, Insecta) from the Early Cretaceous (Aptian) of the Araripe Basin, Brazil



Document title: New species of Myrmicium Westwood (Psedosiricidae = Myrmiciidae: Hymenoptera, Insecta) from the Early Cretaceous (Aptian) of the Araripe Basin, Brazil
Journal: Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias
Database: PERIÓDICA
System number: 000435947
ISSN: 0001-3765
Authors: 1
2
3
4
Institutions: 1Servico Geologico do Brasil, Residencia de Fortaleza, Fortaleza, Ceara. Brasil
2Russian Academy of Sciences, A.A. Borissiak Palaeontological Institute, Moscú. Rusia
3Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco, Departamento de Biologia, Recife, Pernambuco. Brasil
4Universidade Federal do Ceara, Departamento de Geologia, Fortaleza, Ceara. Brasil
Year:
Volumen: 92
Number: 3
Country: Brasil
Language: Inglés
Document type: Artículo
Approach: Analítico, descriptivo
English abstract This paper records the first occurrence of the genus Myrmicium Westwood, 1854 in the Cretaceous of Gondwana and describes it as a new species Myrmicium araripterum sp. nov, based on the most complete specimen of this genus yet known, which represents the largest specimen of the grade “Symphyta” ever found in the Crato Formation
Disciplines: Biología
Keyword: Paleontología,
Taxonomía y sistemática,
Insectos,
Fósiles,
Nuevas especies,
Descripción taxonómica,
Cretácico,
Myrmicium araripterum,
Hymenoptera,
Brasil
Keyword: Paleontology,
Taxonomy and systematics,
Insects,
Fossils,
New species,
Taxonomic description,
Cretaceous,
Myrmicium araripterum,
Hymenoptera,
Brazil
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