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Usomyrma
- ... that the extinct ant Usomyrma (pictured) was thought to be ancestral to spider ants when first described?
Source: "We suggest that fore wing venation of Usomyrma is ancestral to other genera of this group. The next evolutionary step was the complete reduction of the closed central cell in Leptomyrmula, while conserving the pterostigma and a wide closed cell 3r. Then, in the modern Leptomyrmex males the pterostigma was reduced and the cell 3r became very narrow" (Dlussky et al, 2014)
- Reviewed: Seycellesa, Traklosia
- Comment: Reviewed Traklosia of the nomination
Created/expanded by Kevmin (talk) and Burklemore1 (talk). Nominated by Kevmin (talk) at 02:31, 20 February 2018 (UTC).