Haidomyrmecinae - Wikipedia
Haidomyrmecinae, occasionally called hell ants, are an extinct subfamily of ants (Formicidae) known from Cretaceous fossils found in ambers of North America, Europe, and Asia, spanning the late Albian to Campanian, around 100 to 79 million years ago.
Amber Fossil Shows ‘Hell Ant’ Was Unlike Anything Alive Today
2020年8月10日 · A 99-million-year-old piece of amber trapped this worker hell ant grasping an ancient relative of modern cockroaches in its unique jaws, which swung upwards unlike all modern ants.
Haidomyrmecinae - AntWiki
2023年8月9日 · Hell ants, the haidomyrmecines, are a group of putatively predatory ants that are known exclusively from three Cretaceous amber deposits in France, Myanmar, and Canada. Hell ant cranial morphology is unlike any modern group of ants, a reflection of ancient diversification ultimately bound for extinction.
Stunning 99-Million-Year-Old Fossil Reveals “Hell Ants” in Detail ...
2020年8月7日 · In a 99-million-year-old preserved amber fossil, researchers get a detailed glimpse into how ‘Hell Ants’ hunted with scythe-like mandibles and horn appendages.
Scythelike jaws of Cretaceous 'hell ant' clutch a baby cockroach in …
2020年8月6日 · Around 99 million years ago, a juvenile cockroach met a hellish fate. It was snapped up by the jaws of a Cretaceous hell ant, a fierce predator with long, curving mandibles that swept up toward...
Fossil captures ancient ‘hell ant' in action | Science - AAAS
2020年8月6日 · The discovery depicts a 99-million-year-old encounter between a "hell ant," one of the earliest known ants, and its prey, an extinct relative of the cockroach. Preserved in amber, the ant, less than half the length of a dime, grasps the victim's neck between two sharp mandibles and a hornlike protrusion on its head (pictured left, illustrated ...
Prehistoric ‘hell ants’ hunted their prey with unusual headgear
2020年8月6日 · Sometime during the Cretaceous period, 99 million years ago, a prehistoric hell ant trapped a tasty treat – a relative of the cockroach – in its scythe-like jaw and protruding horn. It’s still...
Prehistoric 'Hell Ant' Stuck in Amber Has Been Biting
2021年1月10日 · A long-extinct lineage of insect, known fondly as the 'hell ant', has been discovered frozen in 99-million-year-old amber, with its scythe-like jaw still pinning its prey.
Fossil Records Show Hell Ants Had “Mad Max” Style Mandibles
This month, we’re bringing you an ancient ant relative with a possibly offputting name: the Hell Ant. This insect was a subspecies of ants that lived in the Cretaceous period, when T. rexes and velociraptors roamed the earth. The largest hell ants were about a centimeter and a half long, which isn’t much different than some modern ants.
Ancient fossil shows how killer "hell ant" clamped down on its prey
2020年8月10日 · Joining them is a rare 99-million-year-old fossil that shows an enigmatic haidomyrmecine “hell ant” clamping down on its cockroach-like prey.