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Eotemnothorax punctatus
| †Eotemnothorax punctatus Temporal range: Priabonian, Late Eocene Baltic amber, Baltic Sea region | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Crematogastrini |
| Genus: | Eotemnothorax |
| Species: | †E. punctatus |
| Binomial name | |
| †Eotemnothorax punctatus Radchenko, 2024 | |
Photo Gallery
Radchenko (2024), Figure 8. Photographs of workers of Eotemnothorax odontos, HOLOTYPE: (A) body, lateral view; Eotemnothorax punctatus, HOLOTYPE: (B) body, lateral view; (C) body, dorso-lateral view; PARATYPE, SIZK K-9388: (D) body, dorso-lateral view; Eotemnothorax khomychi, HOLOTYPE: (E) body, dorsal view; (F) head, dorsal view.
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Identification
Eotemnothorax punctatus differs from all species with short propodeal denticles by the completely punctated mesosoma and waist.
Keys including this Species
Distribution
This taxon was described from Baltic amber, Baltic Sea region, Europe (Priabonian, Late Eocene) and Rovno amber, Baltic Sea region, Europe (Priabonian, Late Eocene).
Castes
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- †punctatus. †Eotemnothorax punctatus Radchenko, 2024: 742, Figs. 8B-D, 10D-F (w.) BALTIC AMBER (Eocene), ROVNO AMBER (Eocene).
Type Material
- Holotype worker, complete specimen, Rovno amber, K-1191 (SIZK).
- Paratypes: worker, Rovno amber, K-18127 (SIZK); worker, Rovno amber, K-9388 (SIZK); worker, Rovno amber, K-1943 (SIZK); worker, Rovno amber, F-009 (MKHC); worker, Baltic amber, 12/216 (MNB); worker, Baltic amber, 11/270 (MNB).
Localities. Poland, Baltic amber; Ukraine, Rivne Prov., Rovno amber, both late Eocene, Priabonian age, 37.8–33.9 Ma.