A new species of Baikuris (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Sphecomyrminae) in mid-Cretaceous amber from France
Abstract
A new species of the extinct ant genus Baikuris Dlussky, 1987 (Formicidae: Sphecomyrminae) is described and figured from a male preserved in a piece of ∼100 Myr amber from Charentes, in southwestern France. Baikuris maximus sp. nov., is distinguished from other species notably by its larger size, its forewing with vein 2M+Cu absent and vein 3Cu tubular, and the presence of a subpetiolar process. The diagnosis of the genus is emended, and its distribution during the Cretaceous is briefly discussed.
- Publication:
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Cretaceous Research
- Pub Date:
- January 2015
- DOI:
- 10.1016/j.cretres.2014.03.005
- Bibcode:
- 2015CrRes..52..585P
- Keywords:
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- Insecta;
- Ant;
- Sphecomyrmini;
- Amber;
- Albian-Cenomanian;
- France