Eocenomyrma elegantula, Dlussky & Radchenko, 2006

Dlussky, Gennady & Radchenko, Alexander, 2006, A new ant genus from the late Eocene European amber, Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 51 (3), pp. 561-567 : 564-565

Eocenomyrma elegantula sp. nov.

Fig. 3 ; Tables 1, 2.

Derivation of the name: After Latin elegantis —nice, pretty. Holotype: GPMHU 4404 , worker, complete specimen.

posteriorly dorsal plate, but its anterolateral ant posterolateral corners not acute, narrowly rounded; head, mesosoma and waist with fine longitudinal rugosity and reticulation.

Eocenomyrma elegantula distinctly differs from the other species of the genus Eocenomyrma by the finely rugoso−reticulated head, mesosoma and waist, and by the long petiolar node with the distinct dorsal plate.

Figures

Fig. 3. Myrmicine ant Eocenomyrma elegantula sp. nov., the holotype worker, GPMHU 4404, from the Baltic Amber, late Eocene. A. Photograph in lateral view. B. Explanatory drawing, based on the original photograph; lateral view.