Formicidae Species B
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https://doi.org/ 10.1017/jpa.2015.62 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6093463 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D8034B-9778-FFD0-7454-FBCE647BC400 |
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Plazi |
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Formicidae Species B |
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Figure 9.1–9.3
Description.—Forewing, partly preserved in two fragments. Pterostigma well developed. Cells 1 + 2r, 3r, rm and mcu closed. Cell 3r 4.4 times longer than wide. Cross-vein rs-m more distal than r-rs, so cell rm pentagonal. Cell mcu pentagonal, 1.8 times longer than wide. Section 2M + Cu nearly as long as cross-vein cu-a.
Material.—Specimen OU 44904; a partly preserved forewing; deposited in the Department of Geology, University of Otago.
Occurrence.—Foulden Maar diatomite, Waipiata Volcanic Field, Otago, New Zealand; early Miocene.
Remarks.—The position of cross-vein cu-a in this wing is typical for members of the poneromorph subfamilies. The only fossil poneromorph ant with preserved wing venation from New Zealand is Rhytidoponera waipiata , described above.
The described wing cannot belong to R. waipiata since wings of this species have a shorter cell rm (this character is not quite authentic since the cell rm was reconstructed in both specimens) and cross-veins r-rs and rs-m starting from RS at the same point while in Formicidae species B rs-m initiates distinctly more distally than r-rs.
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Fossil Catalgoue in the Geology Museum |
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