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Agastomyrma Dlussky & Rasnitsyn & Perfilieva 2015, gen. n.

Description

Genus Agastomyrma gen. n.

Type species Agastomyrma laticeps sp. n.

Diagnosis (for fossil imprints). Gyne. Head very big and broad. Scutum does not overhang pronotum. Propodeum without teeth or spines. Petiole with node and peduncle. Also see diagnosis of type species.

Species included. One species described below.

Comparison. Differs from other fossil genera of Myrmicinae in combination of big and broad head, unarmed propodeum, and pedunculate petiole.

Etymology. From Latin agastus (pleasing) and Greek Myrmica (ant).

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 143

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Identifiers

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http://treatment.plazi.org/id/0B04695EFFF9664FFC7AFD45FC0EFC46
LSID
urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:CB610DC7-D16F-4545-8E15-9212AD96EEEE

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Dlussky & Rasnitsyn & Perfilieva
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Hymenoptera
Family
Formicidae
Genus
Agastomyrma
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic status
gen. n.
Taxonomic concept label
Agastomyrma Dlussky, Rasnitsyn & Perfilieva, 2015