Titanomyrma

†Titanomyrma gigantea holotype

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Formicoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Podiata Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Superphylum: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Mandibulata Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Hymenopterida Ordo: Hymenoptera Subordo: Apocrita Superfamilia: Formicoidea

Familia: Formicidae
Subfamilia: †Formiciinae
Genus: †Titanomyrma
Species: †T. giganteum – †T. lubei – †T. simillimum

Name

• †Titanomyrma Archibald, Johnson, Mathewes, & Greenwood, 2011
• Type species: Titanomyrma gigantea (Lutz) Archibald, Johnson, Mathewes, & Greenwood, 2011

Etymology

• "Genus name derived from the Greek Titan, often used to indicate large size, and myrmex (Greek: ant), gender feminine."

References

Primary references

• Archibald, S.B., Johnson, K.R., Mathewes, R.W. & Greenwood, D.R. 2011. Intercontinental dispersal of giant thermophilic ants across the Arctic during early Eocene hyperthermals. Proceedings of the Royal Society (B) 278(1725): 3679–3686. DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2011.0729 Reference page. 
• Lutz, H. 1986. Eine neue Unterfamilie der Formicidae (Insecta: Hymenoptera) aus dem mittel-eozänen Ölschiefer der „Grube Messel“ bei Darmstadt (Deutschland, S-Hessen). Senckenbergiana lethaea 67(1-4): 177–218. PDF. Reference page. 

Links

• ION [no record]
• Nomenclator Zoologicus [no record]