Pachycondyla parvula, Dlussky & Rasnitsyn & Perfilieva, 2015

Dlussky, G. M., Rasnitsyn, A. P. & Perfilieva, K. S., 2015, The Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Bol’shaya Svetlovodnaya (Late Eocene of Sikhote-Alin, Russian Far East), Caucasian Entomological Bulletin 11 (1), pp. 131-152 : 142-143

publication ID	51753
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6105402
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/0B04695E-FFFE-664F-FC7F-F8C2FD13FE1C
treatment provided by	Donat (2015-11-10 21:23:09, last updated 2024-11-26 17:52:56)
scientific name	Pachycondyla parvula
status	nom. n.

Treatment

Pachycondyla parvula View in CoL nom. n.

Pachycondyla minuta: Dlussky et Wedmann, 2012 : 735 (non Pachycondyla minuta MacKay et MacKay, 2010 ), Middle Eocene of Messel, Germany [ MacKay, MacKay, 2010; Dlussky, Wedmann, 2012].

Material. Holotype: FIS MeI 10638, lateral imprint of gyne (the construction of the mesosoma undoubtedly indicates that it is a gyne: the mesonotum is distinctly divided in scutum and scutellum). Paratypes:gynes, FIS MeI 10167, FIS MeI 12250. Other specimens: gynes, FIS MeI 10093, FIS Mel13789, FIS Mel14219.

Type locality and horizon. Grube Messel, Hesse, Germany. Messel Formation, Middle Eocene, c. 47 Ma [ Mertz, Renne, 2005].

Etymology. From the Latin parvulus (small, tiny).

References

Dlussky G. M., Wedmann S. 2012. The poneromorph ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae: Amblyoponinae, Ectatomminae, Ponerinae) of Grube Messel, Germany: high biodiversity in the Eocene. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. 10 (4): 725 – 753.

MacKay W. P., MacKay E. 2010. The systematics and biology of the New World ants of the genus Pachycondyla (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Lewiston, New York: Edwin Mellen Press. 644 p.

Mertz D. F., Renne P. R. 2005. A numerical age for the Messel fossil deposit (UNESCO World Heritage Site) derived from 40 Ar / 39 Ar dating on a basaltic rock fragment. Courier Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg. 255: 67 – 75.