A new species of Baikuris (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Sphecomyrminae) in mid-Cretaceous amber from France |
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Affiliation: | 1. PACEA, UMR CNRS 5199, Université de Bordeaux, 33 615 Pessac Cedex, France;2. Archéozoologie et Archéobotanique: Sociétés, Pratiques et Environnement, UMR 7209, CNRS, MNHN, Sorbonne Universités, 75 005 Paris, France;3. Histoire naturelle de l''Homme préhistorique, UMR 7194, CNRS, MNHN, Sorbonne Universités, 75013 Paris, France;4. Institut de Systématique, Evolution, Biodiversité, UMR 7205, CNRS, MNHN, UMPC, EPHE, Sorbonne Universités, 75005 Paris, France;5. Inrap, Centre archéologique de Guadeloupe, 97 113 Gourbeyre, Guadeloupe (F.W.I.), France |
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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. |
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Keywords: | Insecta Ant Sphecomyrmini Amber Albian–Cenomanian France |
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