New extinct ant genus (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Myrmicinae) from late Eocene Rovno amber

A new fossil myrmicine ant genus and species Lelejus venustus gen. et sp. nov., are described from late Eocene Rovno amber (Priabonian, 33.9–37.8 Ma). This genus differs from all extant and extinct Myrmicinae genera known from the late Eocene European ambers in the combination of morphological featu...

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Main Authors: Alexander G. Radchenko, Maxim Yu. Proshchalykin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Pensoft Publishers 2021-08-01
Series:Journal of Hymenoptera Research
Online Access:https://jhr.pensoft.net/article/65238/download/pdf/