Chimaeromyrma is an extinct,
monotypic
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genus of
ant
Ants are Eusociality, eusocial insects of the Family (biology), family Formicidae and, along with the related wasps and bees, belong to the Taxonomy (biology), order Hymenoptera. Ants evolved from Vespoidea, vespoid wasp ancestors in the Cre ...
, first described in 1988 by Dlussky. It contains the single species ''Chimaeromyrma brachycephala''.
References
Further reading
Chimaeromyrma - AntWiki
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Formicinae
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