JOURNAL ARTICLE

Where the Hell Ants Came From.

  • Published In: American Entomologist, 2023, v. 69, n. 3. P. 36 1 of 3

  • Database: Academic Search Ultimate 2 of 3

  • Authored By: Barden, Phillip 3 of 3

Abstract

We can't know for sure if it left Cockerell stumped, but for over 75 years, the modern world's first definitive hell ant sat inside of the paleontology collection in London, entombed in a oneinch- long piece of rounded amber. Not long ago, Grimaldi and I published ([1]) the first usage of the English common name "hell ant" as a shorthand for something like "nightmarish ant from the underworld with bizarre mandibles." Those unnamed entomologists were E.O. Wilson and Bill Brown Jr. who catapulted one of these tiny fossil ants onto the cover of I Science i ([10]). [Extracted from the article]

Additional Information

  • Source:American Entomologist. 2023/09, Vol. 69, Issue 3, p36
  • Document Type:Article
  • Subject Area:Science
  • Publication Date:2023
  • ISSN:1046-2821
  • DOI:10.1093/ae/tmad045
  • Accession Number:171918805
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