New Middle Eocene Formicid Species from Germany and the Evolution of Weaver Ants

Dlussky, G. M.; Wappler, Torsten; Wedmann, Sonja

doi:10.4202/app.2008.0406

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“…(Dlussky et al, 2008); and the Late Eocene: O. brischkei Mayr, 1868and O. crassinoda Wheeler, 1922(¼ O. brevinodis Wheeler, 1915 from the Baltic amber, O. praeclara Foerster (Brunstadt, Germany), O.…”

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The wasps, bees and ants (Insecta: Vespida=Hymenoptera) from the Insect Limestone (Late Eocene) of the Isle of Wight, UK

Антропов¹,

Belokobylskij

Compton³

et al. 2013

Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Socie

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The types and undescribed material of the hymenopteran fossils of the Insect Bed of the Bembridge Marls from the Isle of Wight (UK) are critically revised and studied. A total of 1460 fossils are recorded and attributed to 20 families: Gasteruptiidae s.l. (1); Proctotrupidae (3); Diapriidae (24); Cynipidae (7); Figitidae (6); Pteromalidae (1); Agaonidae (3); Scelionidae (12); Platygastridae (2); Ichneumonidae (32); Braconidae (75); Bethylidae (3); Crabronidae (2); Sphecidae (1); Apidae (2); Scoliidae (1); Tiphiidae (2); Vespidae (4); and Formicidae (1220). Described as new are 51 species, 13 genera, two tribes and two subfamilies. Minimum number of species recorded (either as described species or representing higher taxa with no described species in the assemblage) is 118. The composition of the hymenopteran assemblage is most similar to that of Baltic amber and indicative of a well forested territory, as well as of a humid, equable (aseasonal but not very hot) climate, more typically equable than in the Baltic amber source area, judging from the absence of Aphidiinae and scarcity of aphids.

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The wasps, bees and ants (Insecta: Vespida=Hymenoptera) from the Insect Limestone (Late Eocene) of the Isle of Wight, UK

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Belokobylskij

Compton³

et al. 2013

Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Socie

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“…1) follows Rasnitsyn (1980), Dlussky et al (2008), and Dlussky (2009). A detailed modern terminology of the head and body characters accepted by most of the myrmecologists was recently presented by Bolton (1994).…”

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Two ants (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Formicinae) from the Late Pliocene of Willershausen, Germany, with a nomenclatural note on the genus Camponotites

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Two species of the genus Camponotites (Formicidae, Formicinae) are described from the Late Pliocene deposits of Willershausen, Lower Saxony, northern Germany: C. silvestris Steinbach, 1967, and C. steinbachi n. sp. The generic name Camponotites has been established for fossil (Tertiary) ants independently by Steinbach (Bericht der Naturhistorischen Gesellschaft zu Hannover 111: [95][96][97][98][99][100][101][102] 1967) and by Dlussky (Trudy paleontologičeskogo instituta, akademiâ nauk SSSR, 1981), each for materials of different stratigraphical and geographical origin. Though poorly described, Camponotites Steinbach, 1967, and the single included (type) species C. silvestris Steinbach, 1967 (a monotypic species from the Late Pliocene of Willershausen), were based upon indication in the sense of the ICZN. Therefore, both the generic and specific names are valid and available. Camponotites Dlussky, 1981 (and its type species C. macropterus Dlussky, 1981) were certainly introduced correctly and are therefore available, too; but due to its homonymy the generic name is not valid. The revision shows that in this rare case both generic names are not only homonyms but also synonyms.

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“…Following early stages with succeeding volcanoclastic and predominantly siliciclastic sedimentation, the lake became meromictic and the finely laminated bituminous claystone ("oilshale") was formed in the quiet anoxic bottom layer of the lake. The oilshale contains biomarkers and lithified bacteria, algae, a great diversity of tracheophytes, numerous arthropods, few molluscs and a wide range of vertebrates, documenting a highly diverse terrestrial flora and fauna representing an ecosystem towards the end of the middle Eocene (e.g., Neuffer et al 1996;Lutz et al 1998Lutz et al , 2010Wilde & Frankenhäuser 1998;Wappler 2002Wappler , 2003aWappler & Engel 2003, 2006Wappler & Andersen 2004;Wappler et al , 2005Wappler & Heiss 2006;Wappler & Petrulevičius 2007;Petrulevičius et al 2008;Dlussky et al 2008Dlussky et al , 2009). The Eckfelder Maar insect taphocoenosis contains a total of nearly 4700 fossil specimens.…”

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A new genus and species of Dermestidae (Coleoptera) from the Eckfeld Maar crater (Middle Eocene, Germany)

Háva¹,

Wappler²

2013

Bull. Geosci.

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Eckfeldattagenus eocenicus gen. et sp. nov. is described from the Middle Eocene Eckfeld Maar (Germany) on the basis of completely preserved specimens, representing one of the rare reports of fossil skin beetles (Coleoptera: Dermestidae: Attageninae). The new genus and species differs from all other Dermestidae by the very flat body form and pronotum, and its unique structure of the antennal club and the wrinkled elytral surface. Dermestidae commonly referred to as skin, larder and carpet beetles are characterized by a variety of ecological habits and a fascinating biology. Most genera are scavengers that feed on dry animal or plant material such as skin or pollen, animal hair, feathers, dead insects or natural fibers. They are even widely used to clean bones during the preparation of skeletons for osteological studies and forensic entomological. In the literature, the traces left on skeletal remains by the family Dermestidae have been documented for dinosaurs (Paik 2000, Roberts et al. 2007, Britt et al. 2008, Chin & Bishop 2008, Bader et al. 2009 The cosmopolitan beetle family Dermestidae comprises more than 1460 described species (Háva 2003(Háva , 2013. According to a cladistic-based analysis of higher categories within the family Dermestidae (Lawrence & Slipinski 2005, Kiselyova & McHugh 2006, six subfamilies could be recognized: Dermestinae (including Marioutinae), Thorictinae, Trinodinae (including Thylodriadinae), Orphilinae, Attageninae and Megatominae; whereas only members of the Thorictinae are yet unknown from the fossil record. The geological history of the family was summarized by Háva & Prokop (2004) and Kirejtshuk et al. (2009), with new information appended in the present contribution (appendix). The earliest fossils assigned tentatively to Dermestidae are isolated elytra from the Triassic deposits of Queensland, described by Dunstan (1923), but the assignment of these fossils was doubted by Háva & Prokop (2004). The first definitive remains of the family have been recorded from the Lower Cretaceous Lebanese amber (Kirejtshuk et al. 2009). However, the majority of fossil dermestids were described from inclusions in Baltic (40-35 Ma BP) and Dominican Amber (20-17 Ma BP) -most of these are representing relatively modern groups, thereby relating more to questions of Tertiary biogeography than to higher-level branching patterns (Kiselyova & McHugh 2006).Herein we provide the description of a new Paleogene dermestid beetle from the Middle Eocene Eckfeld Maar. This deposit has produced a broad spectrum of fossils ranging from organic molecules, micro-organisms, aquatic invertebrates, plants and insects and their varied associations, to a wide range of vertebrates including articulated mammals exhibiting soft tissue preservation and gut contents (e.g., Lutz et al. 2010). The new species belongs to the Attageninae of the Dermestidae and is placed in a new genus most probably closely related to the extant genus Attagenus Latreille, 1802. Material and methodsThe Fossillagerstätte of Eckfeld is a deposit of...

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New Middle Eocene Formicid Species from Germany and the Evolution of Weaver Ants

Abstract: Two new species of weaver ant are described from the Eocene of Germany. Males and gynes of Oecophylla longiceps

Cited by 41 publications

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The wasps, bees and ants (Insecta: Vespida=Hymenoptera) from the Insect Limestone (Late Eocene) of the Isle of Wight, UK

The wasps, bees and ants (Insecta: Vespida=Hymenoptera) from the Insect Limestone (Late Eocene) of the Isle of Wight, UK

Two ants (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Formicinae) from the Late Pliocene of Willershausen, Germany, with a nomenclatural note on the genus Camponotites

A new genus and species of Dermestidae (Coleoptera) from the Eckfeld Maar crater (Middle Eocene, Germany)

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