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Ants of the tribe Formicini (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from Late Eocene amber of Europe

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The tribe Formicini (Formicinae) from the Late Eocene Baltic, Bitterfeld, Rovno, and Scandinavian ambers is revised. Ants are recorded for the first time from the Bitterfeld and Scandinavian ambers. Two new genera (Cataglyphoides gen. nov. and Conoformica gen. nov.) and six new species (Cataglyphoides intermedius sp. nov., Conoformica bitterfeldiana sp. nov., Formica kutscheri sp. nov., F. palaeopolonica sp. nov., F. radchenkoi sp. nov., F. zherikhini sp. nov.) are described. A new combination, Cataglyphoides constrictus (Mayr, 1868), comb. nov., is established. A lectotype of Camponotus constrictus Mayr, 1868 and a neotype of Formica phaethusa Wheeler, 1915 are designated. Formica clymene Wheeler, 1915 is recognized as a new synonym of F. phaethusa Wheeler, 1915. An identification key for workers of Formicini species from Late Eocene European ambers is provided.

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Original Russian Text © G.M. Dlussky, 2008, published in Paleontologicheskii Zhurnal, 2008, No. 5, pp. 45–59.

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Dlussky, G.M. Ants of the tribe Formicini (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from Late Eocene amber of Europe. Paleontol. J. 42, 500–513 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0031030108050055

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