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


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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.

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D. A. Dubovikoff

Saint Petersburg State University, Faculty of Biology

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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

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

E. V. Abakumov

Saint Petersburg State University, Faculty of Biology

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Email: e_abakumov@mail.ru
Russian Federation, St. Petersburg, 199034

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