Prionomyrmex gusakovi
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| †Prionomyrmex gusakovi Temporal range: Bartonian, Middle to Late Eocene Baltic amber, Baltic Sea region | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmeciinae |
| Tribe: | Prionomyrmecini |
| Genus: | Prionomyrmex |
| Species: | †P. gusakovi |
| Binomial name | |
| †Prionomyrmex gusakovi Radchenko & Perkovsky, 2020 | |
Contents
Identification
Distribution
This taxon was described from Baltic amber (Bartonian, Middle to Late Eocene).
Castes
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- †gusakovi. †Prionomyrmex gusakovi Radchenko & Perkovsky, 2020: 619, pl. 8, figs. 1, 2, pl. 9, figs. 1-4 (w.) BALTIC AMBER (Eocene).
Type Material
- Holotype. PIN No. 964/1319, worker; labeled by Gusakov: “2011 Collection of Viktor Gusakov CVGM № 33AFMP2011”; AntWeb CASENT0917648; Yantarnyi, Kaliningrad Region, Russia, Baltic amber, Late Eocene.
Description
References
- Jouault, C., Nel, A. 2021. The oldest Cenozoic ant fossil: †Tyrannomecia gen. nov. (Formicidae: Myrmeciinae) from the Palaeocene Menat Formation (France). Historical Biology, 1–8 (doi:10.1080/08912963.2021.2010192).
- Radchenko, A.G., Perkovsky, E.E. 2020. New finds of the fossil ant genus Prionomyrmex Mayr (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Myrmeciinae) in Late Eocene European amber. Paleontological Journal 54, 617–626 (doi:10.1134/s0031030120060088).
