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First Record of a Male of the Genus Aphaenogaster Mayr, 1853 (hymenoptera, Formicidae) From Late Eocene Ambers

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: A new species Aphaenogaster wennebergi Zharkov et Dubovikoff, sp. n. is described from late Eocene Danish amber. The holotype is the first known male of the genus Aphaenogaster Mayr from Late Eocene ambers and we consider it appropriate to describe it as a new species. Current classification problems of the ant genus Aphaenogaster and related taxa, both recent and fossil, are discussed. We also present a complete palaeoreconstruction of the new ant based on computer microtomography.

Source: Far Eastern entomologist

DOI: 10.25221/fee.527.1

Authors: D. M. Zharkov, D. A. Dubovikoff, A. D. Pospelova, E. V. Abakumov

Institutions: St Petersburg University, Lomonosov Moscow State University

Language: English

Topic: Fossil Insects in Amber

Subfield: Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

Field: Agricultural and Biological Sciences

Domain: Life Sciences

Open Access status: diamond

Funder: Saint Petersburg State University

Award: G2864149885