Haidoterminus

Phillip Barden, Hollister W. Herhold & David A. Grimaldi, 2017, A new genus of hell ants from the Cretaceous (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Haidomyrmecini) with a novel head structure, Systematic Entomology 42, pp. 837-846 : 838

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.1111/syen.12253
publication LSID	urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:40D636A3-4D88-470A-BC5B-85ABFD1A49E2
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6004724
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scientific name	Haidoterminus
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• Haidoterminus cippus McKellar, et al.

– the youngest known haidomyrmecine, H. cippus is described from a single worker specimen. This species extends the temoporal and geographic range of hell ants considerably, indicating that the specialized mouthparts and probable trap-jaw behaviour were evidently successful for some time and over a wide area of Laurasia. Haidoterminus cippus is also unique among haidomyrmecines, possessing an elongate antennal scape somewhat similar to modern ant taxa.

Locality: Medicine Hat amber, ~ 78.5 Ma, Alberta, Canada ( McKellar et al., 2013)

References

McKellar, R. C., Glasier, J. R. & Engel, M. S. (2013) A new trap-jawed ant (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Haidomyrmecini) from Canadian Late Cretaceous amber. The Canadian Entomologist, 145, 454 - 465.