Vollenhovia kipyatkovi

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Vollenhovia kipyatkovi
Temporal range: Priabonian, Late Eocene Rovno amber, Ukraine
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Crematogastrini
Genus: Vollenhovia
Species: V. kipyatkovi
Binomial name
Vollenhovia kipyatkovi
Radchenko & Dlussky, 2013

Identification

Distribution

This taxon was described from Rovno amber, Baltic Sea region, Europe (Priabonian, Late Eocene).

Castes

Nomenclature

The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.

  • kipyatkovi. †Vollenhovia kipyatkovi Radchenko & Dlussky, 2013: 94, figs. 1-2 (w.) ROVNO AMBER (Late Eocene).

Description

References

  • Radchenko, A.G. & Dlussky, G.M. 2013. Vollenhovia kipyatkovi sp. n., a new fossil ant species (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Myrmicinae) from the Rovno amber (late Eocene). Proceedings of the Russian Entomological Society. St. Petersburg, 2013. Vol. 84 (2): 92–97.