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Species: †Formica gustawi   Dlussky, 2002 


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Taxonomic History (provided by Barry Bolton, 2017)

†Formica gustawi Dlussky, 2002B: 295, figs. 10-17 (w.m.) BALTIC AMBER (Eocene). AntCat AntWiki

Distribution:

(based on species list records)
Palearctic Region: Eastern Europe, Europe, Kaliningrad, Russia

Distribution Notes:

Baltic, Rovno, and Saxonian amber; middle Eocene to Late Oligocene (23-42 Ma).

Comments:

Holotype NHMW 1984/31/204 and some paratypes in Naturhistorisches Museum, Vienna, Austria; other paratypes in Paleontological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia; in Schmalhausen Institute of Zoology, National Academy of Sciences, Kiev, Ukraine; other specimens in Natural History Museum London, U.K.

Taxonomic Notes:

See also: Dlussky, 2008a: 505, fig. 3b.

References:

  • Dlussky G. M. 2002. Syntypes of Baltic amber ants Formica flori Mayr and Ponera atavia Mayr (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Russian Entomological Journal, 11(3): 291-298.
  • Dlussky G. M. 2008. Ants of the tribe Formicini (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from Late Eocene amber of Europe. Paleontological Journal, 42(5): 500-513.

Specimen Habitat Summary

Type specimens: holotype: nhmw1984-31-204



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