The Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Bol’shaya Svetlovodnaya (Late Eocene of Sikhote-Alin, Russian Far East)
Author
Dlussky, G. M.
Author
Rasnitsyn, A. P.
Author
Perfilieva, K. S.
text
Caucasian Entomological Bulletin
2015
11
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journal article
Myrmecites dubius
sp. n.
(
Fig. 31
)
Material.
Holotype PIN 3429/1116(+/–), gyne without head.
Description.
Gyne. Body length ca. 4.5 mm. Eyes situated in front of lateral midlength of head. Mesosoma 1.5times as long as wide. Scutum does not overhang pronotum, 1.3 times as long as wide. Parapsidal furrows present. Scutellum a little longer than wide. Petiole comparatively short, a little longer than wide. Postpetiole a little wider than long and a little longer than petiole. Petiolar dorsum rugulose.
Measurements of holotype, mm:AL1.5; SctL0.77; SctW0.64; SctlL0.26; SctlW0.24; PtL0.31; PtW0.35; PptL0.33; PptW0.35.
Comparison.
Differs from
M.sibiricus
sp.n.
in short petiole.
Etymology.
Dubius
is the Latin for uncertain.