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Myrmica saxonica
| †Myrmica saxonica Temporal range: Bartonian, Middle to Late Eocene Bitterfeld amber, Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Myrmicini |
| Genus: | Myrmica |
| Species: | †M. saxonica |
| Binomial name | |
| †Myrmica saxonica Radchenko, 2023 | |
Photo Gallery
Radchenko (2023), Figure 4. Myrmica dictyosa, worker, holotype: (A) body, dorsal view; (B) scape; Myrmica damzeni, worker, holotype: (C) body, lateral view; Myrmica saxonica, worker, holotype: (D) body, dorsal view; (E) head, dorso-lateral view; (F) waist and propodeum, dorsolateral view. Scale bars: A, C, D – 1 mm, B, E, F – 0.5 mm.
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Identification
At least metatibiae with pectinate spur; head, mesosoma and waist not coarsely sculptured; upper lateroventral corners of head not pointed; eyes located somewhat behind midlength of sides of head; antennae missing on specimen; mesosoma relatively short; petiole relatively short and high; propodeal spines relatively short, strongly widened at base, massive, directed backward and upward at an angle ca. 40° (seen in profile), somewhat curved inward and divergent (seen from above).
Keys including this Species
Distribution
This taxon was described from Bitterfeld amber, Baltic Sea region, Europe (Bartonian, Middle to Late Eocene).
Castes
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- †saxonica. Myrmica saxonica Radchenko, 2023: 643, fig. 4D-F, tables 1, 2 (w.) GERMANY (Bitterfeld Amber, Eocene).
Type Material
- Holotype worker, complete specimen, Bitterfeld amber, No. 7/216 (HMB).
Type locality: Germany, Saxony-Anhalt, Bitterfeld amber, late Eocene, Priabonian age, 37.8-33.9 Ma.