Electromyrmex klebsi

†Electromyrmex klebsi; Temporal range: Bartonian, Middle to Late Eocene K Pa Eo Ol Mi Pl Baltic amber, Baltic Sea region
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Genus:	Electromyrmex
Species:	†E. klebsi
Binomial name
	†Electromyrmex klebsi; Wheeler, W.M., 1910

The type species of Electromyrmex . The lone type is presumed to have been lost in World War II.

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Identification

Radchenko & Dlussky (2018) - Morphologically peculiar and easily recognized: (Wheeler 1915) characterized primarily by the slender body, big and convex eyes situated very closely to the anterior head margin so that the genae are extremely short, long and narrow mandibles with serrate masticatory margin, slender, subcylindrical petiole without a distinct node, etc.

Distribution

This taxon was described from Baltic amber (Bartonian, Middle to Late Eocene).

Castes

Nomenclature

The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.

†klebsi. †Electromyrmex klebsi Wheeler, W.M. 1910g: 164, fig. 94 (by indication) (w.) BALTIC AMBER (Eocene). See also: Wheeler, W.M. 1915h: 56 (full description).

Unless otherwise noted the text for the remainder of this section is reported from the publication that includes the original description.

Description

Type Material

Radchenko & Dlussky (2018) - A single worker of this species was originated from the collection of Richard Klebs from Königsberg, and now it is believed to be lost in the World War II (A. Gehler, pers. comm., 2017).

References

Wheeler, W. M. 1910b. Ants: their structure, development and behavior. New York: Columbia University Press, xxv + 663 pp. (page 164, fig. 94 (by indication) worker described)
Wheeler, W.M. 1915i. The ants of the Baltic Amber. Schriften der Physikalisch-Ökonomischen Gesellschaft zu Königsberg 55: 1-142. (page 56, (full description))