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1 Extreme Morphogenesis and Ecological Specialization among Cretaceous Basal Ants 
Vincent Perrichot, Bo Wang, Michael S. Engel  Current Biology  Volume 26, Issue 11, Pages (June 2016) DOI: /j.cub Copyright © 2016 Elsevier Ltd Terms and Conditions

2 Figure 1 New Late Cretaceous Worker Ants Ceratomyrmex ellenbergeri
(A) General dorsal view of holotype NIGP (B) Head of holotype in ventral view. (C) Head of paratype IGR.BU-002 in right profile view. (D) Life-like reconstruction. Abbreviations are as follows: amd, apical portion of mandibles; bmd, basal portion of mandibles; btmd, basal tooth of mandible; ce, compound eye; cls, clypeal setae; es, epistomal sulcus; ho, horn; mp, maxillary palps; sc, scape; sl, setose lobe; th, trigger hair; to, torulus. See also Figures S1 and S2 and Table S1. Current Biology  , DOI: ( /j.cub ) Copyright © 2016 Elsevier Ltd Terms and Conditions

3 Figure 2 The Ant Tree of Life and Parallelism among Trap-Jaw Ants
Trap jaws have evolved independently at least four times in ants, occurring in 11 genera from four subfamilies (indicated in gray on topology; circled numbers refer to earliest trap-jaw fossils known: 1, Haidomyrmodes mammuthus; 2, various Odontomachus and Anochetus species; 3, Acanthognathus poinari). Thick lines denote the temporal range known for each subfamily. Relationships and divergence times among lineages are based on previous molecular and morphological hypotheses [5, 9]. Current Biology  , DOI: ( /j.cub ) Copyright © 2016 Elsevier Ltd Terms and Conditions

4 Figure 3 Homologies in the Clypeo-Mandibular Complex of Selected Stem-Group Ants (A–D) The clypeus varies from transverse (A and B) to longitudinal (C and D), its anterior margin (a-cpm) from convex (A) to concave (B–D). The arrangement of clypeal spicules varies from one row along a-cpm (A and B) to a brushy lobe along posterior clypeal margin (C) or apically on a protruding horn (D). The mandibles vary from short, not elbowed (A) to short elbowed (B) or elongate elbowed (C and D) and, when closed, with no gap between apical portion and a-cpm (A), or with large (B and C) to huge (D) gap. Genera omitted: Sphecomyrma, similar to Gerontoformica except clypeal spicules absent; Haidomyrmodes and Haidoterminus, similar to Haidomyrmex. See also Figure S3. Current Biology  , DOI: ( /j.cub ) Copyright © 2016 Elsevier Ltd Terms and Conditions


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