Dlussky, Gennady M. (1937-2014)

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
Russian Paleoentomologist

Department of Evolution, M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University. Moscow, Russia.

D.A. Dubovikoff wrote the following in an issue of the Caucasian Entomological Bulletin (2015 11(1):7) dedicated to the memory of G.M. Dlussky:

Professor Gennady Mikhailovich Dlussky passed away on the 1st of May 2014 at the age of 77. Gennady Mikhailovich is no longer with us for more than one year. It is indeed an irreplaceable loss for several generations of the Russian myrmecologists, his friends, colleagues, and students. Gennady Mikhailovich was the founder of the Russian paleomyrmecological academic school, and during the last decades was the world recognized academic leader in the field. However, his research interests in myrmecology were not limited by fossil ants only. Unfortunately, Gennady Mikhailovich did not manage to complete all the planned works of his... Undoubtedly, huge scientific heritage left by Gennady Mikhailovich will be further preserved and developed by his colleagues and students. We shall forever keep the memory of our Teacher, Colleague, and Friend!

The current issue of our journal is dedicated to the blessed memory of G.M. Dlussky and includes articles on the taxonomy, paleontology, and ecology of ants and other groups of insects.

The memories of the life of G.M. Dlussky and the list of his selected papers were published by his colleagues and friends A.P. Rasnitsyn and Zh.I. Reznikova:
 * Rasnitsyn A.P. 2014. Paleomyrmecologist Gennady M. Dlussky. Eurasian Entomological Journal. 13(3):206–208 (in Russian).
 * Reznikova Zh.I. 2014. Era of Dlussky. Memory of Gennady M. Dlussky (1937–2014). Eurasian Entomological Journal. 13(3):199–205 (in Russian).

PUBLICATIONS

 * [[Media:Arakelian & Dlussky 1991.pdf|Arakelian, G. R.; Dlussky, G. M. 1991. Dacetine ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of the USSR. Zool. Zh. 70(2 2: 149-152.]]
 * [[Media:Dlussky 1978.pdf|Arnol'di, K. V.; Dlussky, G. M. 1978. Superfam. Formicoidea. 1. Fam. Formicidae - ants. Pp. 519-556 in: Medvedev, G. S. (ed.) Keys to the insects of the European part of the USSR. Vol. 3. Hymenoptera. Part 1. Opredeliteli Faune SSSR 119:3-584.]]
 * Atanassov, N.; Dlussky, G. M. 1992. Fauna of Bulgaria. Hymenoptera, Formicidae. Fauna Bûlg. 22: 1-310
 * [[Media:Dlussky 1962.pdf|Dlussky, G. M. 1962. Ants of the northern slopes of the Talasskii Alatau range. Tr. Inst. Zool. Akad. Nauk Kaz. SSR 18: 177-188.]]
 * [[Media:Dlussky 1963a.pdf| Dlussky, G. M. 1963a. Two new species of ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from eastern Transbaikalia. Entomol. Obozr. 42: 190-194 PDF']]
 * [[Media:Dlussky 1963b.pdf|Dlussky, G. M. 1963b. Two new species of ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from eastern Transbaikalia. Entomol. Rev. (Wash.) 42: 104-106.]]
 * [[Media:Dlussky 1964.pdf| Dlussky, G. M. 1964. The ants of the subgenus Coptoformica of the genus Formica (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of the USSR. Zool. Zh. 4 43: 1026-1040.]]
 * [[Media:Dlussky 1965a.pdf| Dlussky, G. M. 1965a. Ants of the genus Formica L. of Mongolia and northeast Tibet (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Ann. Zool. (Warsaw) 23: 15-43.]]
 * Dlussky, G. M. 1965b. Entomological research in Kirghizia. Three new species of ants from Kirghizia. Entomol. Issled. Kirg. 4: 27-33
 * [[Media:Dlussky 1967a.pdf| Dlussky, G. M. 1967a. Ants of the genus Formica (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, g. Formica). Moskva: Nauka Publishing House, 236 pp.]]
 * [[Media:Dlussky 1967b.pdf| Dlussky, G. M. 1967b. Ants of the genus Formica from the Baltic amber. Paleontol. Zh. 1967(2 2: 80-89.]]
 * [[Media:Dlussky 1967c.pdf|Dlussky, G. M. 1967c. Ants of the genus Formica from the Baltic Amber. Paleontol. J. 1(2 2: 69-77.]]
 * [[Media:Dlussky 1969.pdf| Dlussky, G. M. 1969a. Ants of the genus Proformica Ruzs. of the USSR and contiguous countries (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Zool. Zh. 48: 218-232.]]
 * [[Media:Dlussky 1969b.pdf| Dlussky, G. M. 1969b. First finding of an ant from the subfamily Leptanillinae (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) in the USSR. Zool. Zh. 4 48: 1666-1671.]]
 * [[Media:Dlussky 1975.pdf| Dlussky, G. M. 1975a. Superfamily Formicoidea Latreille, 1802. Family Formicidae Latreille, 1802. Pp. 114-122 in: Rasnitsyn, A. P. (ed.) Hymenoptera Apocrita of Mesozoic. Tr. Paleontol. Inst. Akad. Nauk USSR 147:1-134.]]
 * [[Media:Dlussky 1981.pdf| Dlussky, G. M. 1981a. Miocene ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of the USSR. Pp. 64-83 in: Vishnyakova, V. N., Dlussky, G. M., Pritykina, L. N. New fossil insects from the territories of the USSR. Tr. Paleontol. Inst. Akad. Nauk SSSR 183:1-87.]]
 * [[Media:Dlussky 1983.pdf| Dlussky, G. M. 1983. A new family of Upper Cretaceous Hymenoptera: an "intermediate link" between the ants and the scolioids. Paleontol. Zh. 1983(3 3: 65-78.]]
 * [[Media:Dlussky 1984.pdf|Dlussky, G. M. 1984. A new family of Upper Cretaceous Hymenoptera: an "intermediate link" between the ants and the scolioids. Paleontol. J. 17(3 3: 63-76.]]
 * Dlussky, G. M. 1987. New Formicoidea (Hymenoptera) of the Upper Cretaceous. Paleontol. Zh. 1987(1 1: 131-135'
 * [[Media:Dlussky 1988aSakhalin amber.pdf|Dlussky, G. M. 1988a. Ants of Sakhalin amber (Paleocene?) Paleontol. Zh. 1988(1 1: 50-61.]]
 * Dlussky, G. M. 1988c. Ants from (Paleocene?) Sakhalin amber. Paleontol. J. 22(1 1: 50-61
 * Dlussky, G. M. 1990a [1989]. [Untitled. Alloformica obscurior Dlussky, sp. nov.] P. 145 in: Dlussky, G. M., Soyunov, O. S., Zabelin, S. I. Ants of Turkmenistan. Ashkabad: Ylym Press, 273 pp
 * Dlussky, G. M. 1990b [1989]. [Untitled. Cataglyphis takyrica Dlussky, sp. nov.] Pp. 155-157 in: Dlussky, G. M., Soyunov, O. S., Zabelin, S. I. Ants of Turkmenistan. Ashkabad: Ylym Press, 273 pp
 * Dlussky, G. M. 1990c [1989]. [Untitled. Plagiolepis arnoldii Dlussky sp. nov.] Pp. 161-162 in: Dlussky, G. M., Soyunov, O. S., Zabelin, S. I. Ants of Turkmenistan. Ashkabad: Ylym Press, 273 pp.
 * Dlussky, G. M. 1990d [1989]. [Untitled. Cerapachys desertorum Dlussky, sp. nov.] Pp. 177-179 in: Dlussky, G. M., Soyunov, O. S., Zabelin, S. I. Ants of Turkmenistan. Ashkabad: Ylym Press, 273 pp
 * Dlussky, G. M. 1990e [1989]. [Untitled. Tetramorium kisilkumense Dlussky, sp. nov.] Pp. 205-206 in: Dlussky, G. M., Soyunov, O. S., Zabelin, S. I. Ants of Turkmenistan. Ashkabad: Ylym Press, 273 pp.
 * Dlussky, G. M. 1990f [1989]. [Untitled. Aphaenogaster messoroides Dlussky, sp. nov.] Pp. 213-214 in: Dlussky, G. M., Soyunov, O. S., Zabelin, S. I. Ants of Turkmenistan. Ashkabad: Ylym Press, 273 pp.
 * Dlussky, G. M. 1990g [1989]. [Untitled. Monomorium kugitangi Dlussky, sp. nov.] P. 236 in: Dlussky, G. M., Soyunov, O. S., Zabelin, S. I. Ants of Turkmenistan. Ashkabad: Ylym Press, 273 pp.
 * [[Media:Dlussky 1993b.pdf|Dlussky, G. M. 1993b. Ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of Fiji, Tonga, and Samoa, and the problem of island faunas formation. 2. Tribe Dacetini. Zool. Zh. 72(6 6: 52-65.]]
 * [[Media:Dlussky 1996.pdf| Dlussky, G. M. 1996a. Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Burmese amber. Paleontol. Zh. 1996(3 3: 83-89.]]
 * [[Media:Dlussky 1997a.pdf|Dlussky, G. M. 1997a. Genera of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Baltic amber. Paleontol. Zh. 6: 50-62.]]
 * [[Media:Dlussky 1997b.pdf|Dlussky, G. M. 1997b. Genera of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Baltic amber. Paleontol. Zh. 31: 616-627.]]
 * [[Media:Dlussky 1999.pdf| Dlussky, G. M. 1999a. The first find of the Formicoidea (Hymenoptera) in the lower Cretaceous of the northern hemisphere. Paleontol. Zh. 1999(3 3: 62-66.]]
 * [[Media:Dlussky 1999c.pdf|Dlussky, G. M. 1999c. New ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from Canadian amber. Paleontol. Zh. 1999(4 4: 73-76.]]
 * [[Media:Dlussky, 1999c.pdf| Dlussky, G. M. 1999d. New ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from Canadian amber. Paleontol. J. 33: 409-412.]]
 * [[Media:Dlussky 2002a.pdf| Dlussky, G. M. 2002a. Ants of the genus Dolichoderus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from the Baltic and Rovno ambers. Paleontol. Zh. 2002(1): 54-68.]]
 * [[Media:Dlussky, 2002b.pdf| Dlussky, G. M. 2002b. Syntypes of Baltic amber ants Formica flori Mayr and Ponera atavia Mayr (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Russ. Entomol. J. 11: 291-298.]]
 * [[Media:Dlussky 2008a.pdf| Dlussky, G.M. 2008a. Murav’i triby Formicini pozdneyeotsenovykh yantarei Evropy. Paleontologicheskii Zhurnal 2008 (No. 5): 45-59. [English translation: 2008. Paleontological Journal 42 (5): 500-513.]]]
 * [[Media:Dlussky 2008b.pdf| Dlussky, G.M. 2008b. Novye vidy murav’ev roda Dolichoderus pozdneyeotsenovykh yantarei Evropy. Vestnik Zoologii 46: 497-514.]]
 * [[Media:Dlussky 2009.pdf| Dlussky, G.M. 2009. The ant subfamilies Ponerinae, Cerapachyinae and Pseudomyrmecinae in the Late Eocene ambers of Europe. Paleontological Journal 43: 1043- 1086.]]
 * [[Media:Dlussky 2010.pdf| Dlussky, G. M. 2010. Ants of the Genus Plagiolepis Mayr (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from Late Eocene Ambers of Europe. Paleontological Journal, 2010, Vol. 44, No. 5, pp. 546–555.]]
 * Dlussky, G.M. 2011. The ants of the genus Lasius Fabricius from the Late Eocene European Ambers. Vestnik Zoologii 45: 209-222.
 * [[Media:Dlussky 2012.pdf| Dlussky, G.M. 2012. New fossil ants of the subfamily Myrmeciinae from Germany. Paleontological Journal 46: 288-292. (Original Russian text in Paleontologicheskii Zhurnal 2012 (3): 65-69.) PDF]]
 * [[Media:Dlussky Brothers Rasnitsyn 2004.pdf|Dlussky, G. M.; Brothers, D. J.; Rasnitsyn, A. P. 2004. The first Late Cretaceous ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from southern Africa, with comments on the origin of the Myrmicinae. Insect Systematics & Evolution 35(1): 1-13.]]
 * [[Media:Dlussky & Dubovikov 2013.pdf|Dlussky, G.M.; Dubovikoff, D. A. 2013. Yantaromyrmex gen. n. – a new ant genus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Late Eocene ambers of Europe. Caucasian Entomological Bulletin 9(2):305-314.]]
 * [[Media:Dlussky & Fedoseva 1988.pdf| Dlussky, G. M.; Fedoseeva, E. B. 1988. Origin and early stages of evolution in ants. Pp. 70-144 in: Ponomarenko, A. G. (ed.) Cretaceous biocenotic crisis and insect evolution. Moskva: Nauka, 232 pp.]]
 * [[Media:Dlussky et al 2011 palaontol z-camponotites.pdf|Dlussky, G.M., Karl, H.-V., Brauckmann, C., Gröning, E. & Reich, M. 2011. Two ants (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Formicinae) from the Late Pliocene of Willershausen, Germany, with a nomenclatural note on the genus Camponotites. Paläontologishe Zeitscrift, 85:449–455 (DOI 10.1007/s12542-011-0104-2).]]
 * [[Media:Archimyrmex, Dlussky, 2003.pdf|Dlussky, G. M.; Perfilieva, K.S. 2003a. Paleogene ants of the genus Archimyrmex Cockerell, 1923 (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Myrmeciinae). Paleontol. Zh. 1: 40-49.]]
 * [[Media:Dlussky, G.M. & Perfilieva, K.S. 2014. Superfamily Formicoidea. The wasps, bees and ants from the Insect Limestone of the Isle of Wight.pdf|Dlussky, G.M. & Perfilieva, K.S. 2014. Superfamily Formicoidea Latreille, 1802. In: Antropov, A. V., Belokobylskij, S. A., Compton, S. G., Dlussky, G. M., Khalaim, A. I., Kolyada, V. A., Kozlov, M. A., Perfilieva, K. S. & Rasnitsyn, A. P. 2014. The wasps, bees and ants (Insecta: Vespida=Hymenoptera) from the Insect Limestone (Late Eocene) of the Isle of Wight, UK. Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 104(3-4):335-446.]]
 * [[Media:Dlussky & Perkovsky 2002.pdf| Dlussky, G. M.; Perkovsky, E.E. 2002. Ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from the Rovno amber. Vestnik Zoologii 36(5): 3-20, 99.]]
 * [[Media:Dlussky & Pisarski 1970.pdf|Dlussky, G. M.; Pisarski, B. 1970. Formicidae aus der Mongolei. Ergebnisse der Mongolisch-Deutschen Biologischen Expeditionen seit 1962, Nr. 46. Mitt. Zool. Mus. Berl. 46: 85-90.]]
 * [[Media:Dlussky 1971.pdf|Dlussky, G. M.; Pisarski, B. 1971. Rewizja polskich gatunków mrówek (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) z rodzaju Formica L. Fragmenta Faunistica 16: 145-224.]]
 * [[Media:Dlussky, G.M. & Putyatina, T.S. 2014. Early Miocene ants from Radoboj, Croatia.pdf|Dlussky, G.M. & Putyatina, T.S. 2014. Early Miocene ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from Radoboj, Croatia. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie Abhandlungen 272, 237-285.]]
 * [[Media:Dlussky & Radchenko 1990.pdf| Dlussky, G. M.; Radchenko, A. G. 1990. The ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of Vietnam. Subfamily Pseudomyrmicinae. Subfamily Myrmicinae (tribes Calyptomyrmecini, Meranoplini, Cataulacini). Pp. 119-125 in: Akimov, I. A., Emelianov, I. G., Zerova, M. D. et al. (eds.) News of faunistics and systematics. Kiev: Naukova Dumka, 184 pp PDF]]
 * [[Media:Dlussky & Radchenko 1994a.pdf| Dlussky, G. M.; Radchenko, A. G. 1994a. Ants of the genus Diplorhoptrum (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from the central Palearctic. Zool. Zh. 73(2 2: 102-111.]]
 * [[Media:Dlussky & Radchenko 2006.pdf| Dlussky, G. M. and A. Radchenko. 2006. Fallomyrma gen. nov., a new myrmicine ant genus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from the late Eocene European amber. Annales Zoologici 56(1): 153-157.]]
 * [[Media:Dlussky & Radchenko 2006b.pdf| Dlussky, G. M. and A. Radchenko. 2006b. A new ant genus from the late Eocene European amber. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 51(3): 561-567.]]
 * [[Media:Dlussky & Radchenko 2009.pdf| Dlussky, G.M. & Radchenko, A.G. 2009. Two new primitive ant genera from the late Eocene European ambers. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 54: 435-441.]]
 * [[Media:Dlussky Radchenko 2011.pdf|Dlussky, G. M.; Radchenko, A. G. 2011. Pristomyrmex rasnitsyni sp. n., the first known fossil species of the ant genus Pristomyrmex Mayr (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from the Late Eocene Danish amber. Russian Entomological Journal 20:251-254.]]
 * [[Media:Dlussky & Rasnitsyn 1999a.pdf| Dlussky, G. M.; Rasnitsyn, A. P. 1999a. Two new species of aculeate Hymenoptera (Vespida = Hymenoptera) from the Middle Eocene of the United States. Paleontol. Zh. 1999(5 5: 72-75.]]
 * [[Media:Dlussky & Rasnitsyn 1999b.pdf| Dlussky, G. M.; Rasnitsyn, A. P. 1999b. Two new species of aculeate Hymenoptera (Vespida = Hymenoptera) from the Middle Eocene of the United States. Paleontol. J. 33: 546-549.]]
 * [[Media:Dlussky & Rasnitsyn 2003.pdf|Dlussky, G.M., Rasnitsyn, A.P. 2003. Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Formation Green River and some other Middle Eocene deposits of North America. Russian Entomological Journal 11(4): 411-436.]]
 * [[Media:Dlussky & Rasnitsyn 2007.pdf| Dlussky, G.M. & Rasnitsyn, A.P. 2007. Paleontologicheskaya letopl’s i etapy evolyutsii murav’ev. Uspekhi Sovremennoi Biologii 127: 118-134.]]
 * [[Media:Dlussky & Rasnitsyn 2009.pdf |Dlussky, G.M. & Rasnitsyn, A.P. 2009. Ants in the Upper Eocene amber of central and eastern Europe. Paleontological Journal 43: 1024-1042.]]
 * [[Media:Dlussky & Soyunov 1988.pdf| Dlussky, G. M.; Soyunov, O. S. 1988. Ants of the genus Temnothorax Mayr (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of the USSR. Izv. Akad. Nauk Turkm. SSR Ser. Biol. Nauk 1988(4 4: 29-37.]]
 * [[Media:Zabelin 1990.pdf|Dlussky, G. M.; Soyunov, O. S.; Zabelin, S. I. 1990 [1989]. Ants of Turkmenistan. Ashkhabad: Ylym Press, 273 pp.]]
 * [[Media:Dlussky Wappler Wedmann 2008.pdf|Dlussky, G.M., Wappler, T. & Wedmann, S. 2008. New middle Eocene formicid species from Germany and the evolution of weaver ants. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 53 (4): 615-626.]]
 * [[Media:Dlussky Wappler Wedmann 2009.pdf|Dlussky, G. M., T. Wappler and S. Wedmann. 2009. Fossil ants of the genus Gesomyrmex Mayr (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from the Eocene of Europe and remarks on the evolution of arboreal ant communities. Zootaxa 2031: 1-20.]]
 * [[Media:Dlussky - wedmann 2012.pdf| Dlussky, G. M.; Wedmann, S. 2012. The poneromorph ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae: Amblyoponinae, Ectatomminae, Ponerinae) of Grube Messel, Germany: high biodiversity in the Eocene. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 10:725-753.]]
 * Dlussky, G. M.; Zabelin, S. I. 1985. Ant fauna (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of the River Sumbar Basin (south-west Kopetdag). Pp. 208-246 in: Nechaevaya, N. T. (ed.) The vegetation and animal world of western Kopetdag. Ashkhabad: Ylym, 278 pp.
 * LaPolla, J.S. & Dlussky, G.M. 2010. Review of fossil Prenolepis genus-group species. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 112: 258-273.
 * [[Media:LaPolla et al. - 2013 - Ants and the fossil record.pdf|LaPolla, J. S.; Dlussky, G. M.; Perrichot, V. 2013. Ants and the fossil record. Annual Review of Entomology 58:609-630.]]
 * [[Media:Radchenko & Dlussky 2011.pdf|Radchenko, A. & Dlussky, G.M. 2012. Boltonidris gen. nov., the first extinct Stenammini ant genus (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from the Late Eocene Rovno amber. Annales Zoologici 62(4):627-631.]]
 * [[Media:Radchenko, A. & Dlussky, G.M. 2013. Bilobomyrma new genus, a new extinct ant genus (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from the late Eocene European ambers.pdf|Radchenko, A. & Dlussky, G.M. 2013. Bilobomyrma new genus, a new extinct ant genus (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from the late Eocene European ambers. Journal of Paleontology 87, 1060-1066.]]
 * [[Media:Radchenko dlussky 2015.pdf|Radchenko, A. G. & Dlussky, G. M. 2015. First record of fossil species of the genus Tetramorium (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Vestnik Zoologii 49(4):311-316.]]
 * [[Media:Radchenko, Dlussky & Elmes 2007.pdf| Radchenko, A.G., Dlussky, G. & Elmes, G.W. 2007. The ants of the genus Myrmica from Baltic and Saxonian amber. Journal of Paleontology 81: 1494-1501.]]
 * [[Media:Sonobe & Dlussky 1977.pdf| Sonobe, R.; Dlussky, G. M. 1977. On two ant species of the genus Formica (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from Japan. Kontyû 45: 23-25.]]
 * [[Media:Wappler, T., Dlussky, G.M., Engel et al. 2014. A new trap-jaw ant species of the genus Odontomachus from the Early Miocene of the Czech Republic.pdf|Wappler, T.; Dlussky, G. M.; Engel, M. S.; Prokop, J.; Knor, S. 2014. A new trap-jaw ant species of the genus Odontomachus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Ponerinae) from the Early Miocene (Budigalian) of the Czech Republic. Paläontologische Zeitschrift 88:495-502.]]
 * [[Media:Wappler Dlussky Reuter 2009.pdf|Wappler, T., Dlussky, G.M. & Reuter, M. 2009. The first fossil record of Polyrhachis from the Upper Miocene of Crete (Greece). Paleontologicheskii Zhurnal 83: 431-438.]]