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Eotemnothorax pedunculatus
| †Eotemnothorax pedunculatus 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. pedunculatus |
| Binomial name | |
| †Eotemnothorax pedunculatus Radchenko, 2024 | |
Photo Gallery
Radchenko (2024), Figure 9. Photographs of Eotemnothorax pedunculatus, HOLOTYPE, gyne: (A) body and wings, lateral view; (B) body, dorsolateral view; (C) head, dorso-lateral view; PARATYPE, male, GZG.BST 27.033: (D) body, lateral view; (E) head, dorsal view; (F) waist, lateral view; Eotemnothorax perkovskii, HOLOTYPE, worker: (G) body, lateral view; (H) waist and propodeum, lateral view.
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Identification
Gyne of E. pedunculatus well differs from all known Eotemnothorax species first of all by the shape of petiole (which is long and with low node, more than twice as long as height, which is more than in all known species), and by the presence of the long antennal scape surpassing occipital margin.
Keys including this Species
Distribution
This taxon was described from Bitterfeld amber, Baltic Sea region, Europe (Priabonian, Late Eocene) and Rovno 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.
- †pedunculatus. †Eotemnothorax pedunculatus Radchenko, 2024: 744, Fig. 9A-F (q.m.) BITTERFELD AMBER (Eocene), ROVNO AMBER (Eocene).
Type Material
- Holotype gyne, complete specimen, Bitterfeld amber, 27.188 (GZG.BST) (collection of M. Kutscher).
- Paratypes: male, Bitterfeld amber, 27.033 (GZG.BST) (collection of M. Kutscher); male, Rovno amber, K-4236 (SIZK).
Localities. Germany, Saxony-Anhalt, Bitterfeld amber; Ukraine, Rivne Prov., Rovno amber, both late Eocene, Priabonian age, 37.8–33.9 Ma.