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Dolichoderus pinguis Dlussky & Rasnitsyn & Perfilieva 2015, sp.n.

Description

Dolichoderus pinguis sp.n.

(Fig. 5)

Material. Holotype PIN 3429/1134, male. Biamo.

Description. Male. Body length 6.3 mm. Head wider than long, with convex occipital margin. Eye large, ovate, 0.5 times as long as head. Scutum elongate, nearly twice as long as scutellum. Propodeum with weakly convex dorsum and concave declivity. Petiole nodiform with short peduncle.

Measurements of holotype, mm: AL 2.3; HL 1; ED 0.5; SctL1.3; SctlL0.7.

Comparison. All fossil congeners being described after female sex, a reliable comparison of the only available male is impossible. A peculiar structure of petiole of the new species is comparable to that of Dolichoderus kutscheri Dlussky, 2008 from the Late Eocene Bitterfeld amber.

Etymology. Pinguis is the Latin for fat.

Notes

Published as part of Dlussky, G. M., Rasnitsyn, A. P. & Perfilieva, K. S., 2015, The Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Bol'shaya Svetlovodnaya (Late Eocene of Sikhote-Alin, Russian Far East), pp. 131-152 in Caucasian Entomological Bulletin 11 (1) on page 135

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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Dlussky & Rasnitsyn & Perfilieva
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Hymenoptera
Family
Formicidae
Genus
Dolichoderus
Species
pinguis
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic status
sp.n.
Taxonomic concept label
Dolichoderus pinguis Dlussky, Rasnitsyn & Perfilieva, 2015

References

  • Dlussky G. M. 2008. New species of ants of the genus Dolichoderus (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from Late Eocene ambers of Europe. Vestnik Zoologii. 42 (6): 497 – 514 (in Russian).