A New Species of the Genus  Eldermyrmex  Shattuck, 2011 (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from Bitterfeld Amber (Late Eocene) with Species Key of the Genus

D. A. Dubovikoff; G. M. Dlussky; E. E. Perkovsky; E. V. Abakumov

doi:10.1134/S0031030119100046

A New Species of the Genus Eldermyrmex Shattuck, 2011 (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from Bitterfeld Amber (Late Eocene) with Species Key of the Genus

Authors: Dubovikoff D.A.¹, Dlussky G.M.², Perkovsky E.E.³^,4, Abakumov E.V.¹
Affiliations:
1. Saint Petersburg State University, Faculty of Biology
2. Moscow State University, Faculty of Biology
3. Schmalhausen Institute of Zoology, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
4. Borissiak Paleontological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences
Issue: Vol 53, No 10 (2019)
Pages: 994-997
Section: Article
URL: https://journals.rcsi.science/0031-0301/article/view/169037
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1134/S0031030119100046
ID: 169037

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Abstract

Eldermyrmex oblongiceps (Wheeler, 1915) is redescribed and a second species of the genus, E. exsectus sp. nov., is described from the Late Eocene Bitterfeld amber. Differential diagnosis and key to the species are given.

Keywords

Late Eocene, Bitterfeld amber, Baltic amber, fossil ants, Eldermyrmex

About the authors

D. A. Dubovikoff

Saint Petersburg State University, Faculty of Biology

Author for correspondence.
Email: dubovikoff@gmail.com
Russian Federation, St. Petersburg, 199034

G. M. Dlussky

Moscow State University, Faculty of Biology

Email: e_abakumov@mail.ru
Russian Federation, Moscow, 119991

E. E. Perkovsky

Schmalhausen Institute of Zoology, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine; Borissiak Paleontological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences

Author for correspondence.
Email: perkovsk@gmail.com
Ukraine, Kiev, 01030; Moscow, 117647

E. V. Abakumov