Protonym: Myanmyrma gracilis
Authorship Engel & Grimaldi, 2005: 14, figs. 1, 9
Forms w.
Locality MYANMAR (Burmese Amber, Cretaceous)
Etymology The specific epithet is the Latin word gracilis, meaning ‘‘slender’’, as a reference to elongate legs and structure of this ant.
Primary type information Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Myanmar: Kachin State, Tanai village, on Ledo Road, 105 km NW Myitkyna, 1999. Primary type depository: AMNH. Primary type specimen: AMNH Bu-014.
Taxa belonging to this protonym
Myanmyrma gracilis Species Valid Original combination