New "Hell Ant" found in Burmese Amber

[ZoPteryx]

Linguamyrmex vladi:  Bizarre pincers?  Wacky headgear?  Metal infused jaws?!  Forget the dinosaurs, maybe we should be thankful the meteor wiped out these things! 

Open access paper:
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/syen.12253/epdf

[Faelrin]

The amber finds just keep on giving. It definitely looks odd, well at least for what I am used to in regards to the ants of today that live in my area. Reminds me of trapjaw ants a little bit though. I honestly have no idea what that thing is though to know.

[Halichoeres]

I love that it's called "vladi" after Vlad the Impaler.

[Jose S.M.]

Nice find, I really love ants, I was on a elective class about Costa Rican ants where I fell in love with them. They also look much more "cool" in magnified view.

[ZoPteryx]

I love that it's called "vladi" after Vlad the Impaler.

Lol, I totally missed that!