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Eotemnothorax odontos
| †Eotemnothorax odontos Temporal range: Priabonian, Late Eocene Bitterfeld amber, Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Crematogastrini |
| Genus: | Eotemnothorax |
| Species: | †E. odontos |
| Binomial name | |
| †Eotemnothorax odontos Radchenko, 2024 | |
Photo Gallery
Radchenko (2024), Figure 8. Photographs of workers of Eotemnothorax odontos, HOLOTYPE: (A) body, lateral view; Eotemnothorax punctatus, HOLOTYPE: (B) body, lateral view; (C) body, dorso-lateral view; PARATYPE, SIZK K-9388: (D) body, dorso-lateral view; Eotemnothorax khomychi, HOLOTYPE: (E) body, dorsal view; (F) head, dorsal view.
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Identification
By the coarsely rugosed mesosoma combined with the short propodeal denticles E. odontos resembles Eotemnothorax rav and Eotemnothorax khomychi, but differs from the first species by the shape of frontal carinae: they are merging with the rugae that extend to the occipital margin, while frontal carinae curved outwards to merge with the rugae that surround the antennal sockets in E. rav. E. odontos differs from Eotemnothorax khomychi by the rugosed head dorsum vs. smooth dorsum with piligerous pits in the latter species.
Keys including this Species
Distribution
This taxon was described from Bitterfeld 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.
- †odontos. †Eotemnothorax odontos Radchenko, 2024: 741, Fig. 8 (w.) BITTERFELD AMBER (Eocene).
Type Material
- Holotype worker, complete specimen, Bitterfeld amber, 4943 (LIB) (CCGG 6766).
Locality. Germany, Saxony-Anhalt, Bitterfeld amber, late Eocene, Priabonian age, 37.8–33.9 Ma.