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Eotemnothorax foveocephalus
| †Eotemnothorax foveocephalus Temporal range: Priabonian, Late Eocene Baltic amber, Baltic Sea region | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Crematogastrini |
| Genus: | Eotemnothorax |
| Species: | †E. foveocephalus |
| Binomial name | |
| †Eotemnothorax foveocephalus Radchenko, 2024 | |
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Identification
Eotemnothorax foveocephalus well differs from all known Eotemnothorax species by the peculiar sculpture on its head dorsum: it has big, deep, numerous foveae.
Keys including this Species
Distribution
This taxon was described from Baltic amber, Baltic Sea region, Europe (Priabonian, Late Eocene).
Castes
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- †foveocephalus. †Eotemnothorax foveocephalus Radchenko, 2024: 738, Fig. 6 (w.) BALTIC AMBER (Eocene).
Type Material
- Holotype worker, complete specimen, Baltic amber, 12/227 (MNB) (with a worker of Yantaromyrmex sp. in the same piece of amber).
Locality. Poland, Baltic amber, late Eocene, Priabonian age, 37.8–33.9 Ma.