Chimaeromyrma is an extinct,
monotypic
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genus of
ant
Ants are eusocial insects of the family Formicidae and, along with the related wasps and bees, belong to the order Hymenoptera. Ants evolved from vespoid wasp ancestors in the Cretaceous period. More than 13,800 of an estimated total of 22,0 ...
, first described in 1988 by Dlussky. It contains the single species ''C. brachycephala''.
References
{{Taxonbar, from1=Q18102398, from2=Q85752010 , from3=Q14444446
Further reading
Chimaeromyrma - AntWiki
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Fossil ant genera