Agastomyrma, Dlussky & Rasnitsyn & Perfilieva, 2015

Dlussky, G. M., Rasnitsyn, A. P. & Perfilieva, K. S., 2015, The Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Bol’shaya Svetlovodnaya (Late Eocene of Sikhote-Alin, Russian Far East), Caucasian Entomological Bulletin 11 (1), pp. 131-152 : 143

publication ID	51753
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6105417
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/0B04695E-FFF9-664F-FC7A-FD45FC0EFC46
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scientific name	Agastomyrma
status	gen. n.

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Genus Agastomyrma gen. n.

Type species Agastomyrma laticeps sp. n.

Diagnosis (for fossil imprints). Gyne. Head very big and broad. Scutum does not overhang pronotum. Propodeum without teeth or spines. Petiole with node and peduncle. Also see diagnosis of type species.

Species included. One species described below.

Comparison. Differs from other fossil genera of Myrmicinae in combination of big and broad head, unarmed propodeum, and pedunculate petiole.

Etymology. From Latin agastus (pleasing) and Greek Myrmica (ant).