Gesomyrmex curiosus, Dlussky, Gennady M., Wappler, Torsten & Wedmann, Sonja, 2009

Dlussky, Gennady M., Wappler, Torsten & Wedmann, Sonja, 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, pp. 1-20 : 12-13

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.186261

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:0919CF2B-DBC2-4504-B48A-8AD0D01695DB

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6223492

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/475527D3-6624-4B42-9B9D-2E5B9B512F9F

taxon LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:act:475527D3-6624-4B42-9B9D-2E5B9B512F9F

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scientific name

Gesomyrmex curiosus
status

sp. nov.

Gesomyrmex curiosus sp. nov.

( Fig. 4 View FIGURE 4 C and Fig. 6 View FIGURE 6 H)

Derivation of the name. Curiosus is Latin for funny. Holotype. SMF MeI 11953 (head of Ƥ).

Type locality and horizon. Grube Messel, Hesse, Germany. Messel formation, middle Eocene, ca. 47 Ma ( Mertz & Renne 2005).

Description. Gyne. Head subtrapezoid, broader in the front than in the back, with gradually rounded posterior margin, without posterolateral corners. Anterior clypeal margin weakly projected, forms a small rounded lobe. Eyes comparatively small: head 4.4 times longer than maximum eye diameter. Frontal carinae short, divergent, reach the anterior margin of eye. Scape does not reach posterior margin of eye; head 3.5 times longer than scape. Mandible triangular, with 5 massive blunt teeth. Most part of the head brownish yellow, anterior part of head and spot near ocelli more dark, mandibles dark brown.

Measurements (in mm). Holotype MeI 11953: HL 2.3, HW 1.6, SL 0.65, ED 0.52.

Comments. Only the head of the unique holotype specimen is well preserved. However it is very different from all fossil and living species.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Formicidae

Genus

Gesomyrmex

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