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Species: †Petropone petiolata   Dlussky, 1975 


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Taxonomic History (provided by Barry Bolton, 2017)

†Petropone petiolata Dlussky, 1975a: 119, fig. 131 (w.) KAZAKHSTAN (Cretaceous). Palearctic. AntCat AntWiki

Distribution Notes:

Kzyl-Zhar (or Kzyl-Dzhar), Kyzylorda Region, Shieli District, Southern Kazakhstan; Late Cretaceous, Turonian, Beleutinskaya Formation (89-94 Ma).

Identification:

Dlussky, 1975: 119, fig. 131a. (w.), in Ponerinae.

Comments:

Holotype PIN 2783/158 in Paleontological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia.

Taxonomic Notes:

Wilson, 1987: 49, incertae sedis in *Sphecomyrminae; Dlussky & Fedoseeva, 1988: 77, in *Armaniidae; Bolton, 1994: 187, in *Armaniinae; Grimaldi, Agosti & Carpenter, 1997: 7, incertae sedis in Aculeata; Holldobler & Wilson, 1990: 9, junior synonym of *Sphecomyrma?; Bolton, 2003: 181, incertae sedis in poneromorph subfamilies; Engel & Grimaldi, 2005: 23, incertae sedis in Aculeata nec Formicidae.

References:

  • Dlussky G. M. 1975. Superfamily Formicoidea Latreille, 1802. Family Formicidae Latreille, 1802. In: Rasnitsyn A. P. (Ed.), Hymenoptera Apocrita of Mesozoic. Trudy Paleontologiceskogo Instituta Akademija Nauk SSSR, 147: pp. 114-122 [in Russian].
  • Wilson E. O. 1987. The earliest known ants: an analysis of the Cretaceous species and an inference concerning their social organization. Paleobiology, 13(1): 44-53.
  • Dlussky G. M., Fedoseeva E. B. 1988. Origin and early evolution of ants. In: Ponomarenko A. G. (Ed.), Cretaceous biocenotic crisis and evolution of the insects. Nauka Press, Moscow: pp. 70-144 [in Russian].
  • Bolton B. 1994. Identification Guide to the Ant Genera of the World. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts: 222 p.
  • Grimaldi D. A., Agosti D., and Carpenter J. M. 1997. New and rediscovered primitive ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Cretaceous amber from New Jersey, and their phylogenetics relationships. American Museum Novitates, 3208: 1-43.
  • Holldobler B., Wilson E. O. 1990. The ants. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts: 732 pp.
  • Bolton B. 2003. Synopsis and classification of Formicidae. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute, 71: 1-370.
  • Engel M. S., Grimaldi D. A. 2005. Primitive new ants in Cretaceous amber from Myanmar, New Jersey, and Canada (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). American Museum Novitates, 3485: 1-23.

Specimen Habitat Summary

Type specimens: holotype: pin2783-158



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