A Miocene ant species of the genus Forelius Emery, 1888 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Dolichoderinae) from Mexico

IF 16.4 1区化学 Q1 CHEMISTRY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

Accounts of Chemical Research Pub Date : 2023-01-01 DOI:10.26879/1294

Fernando Varela-Hernández, Francisco Riquelme, Roberto Guerrero

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Abstract

The first fossil ant species of the New World genus Forelius (Formicidae: Dolichoderinae) is described. The type material is a Miocene amber inclusion from the Montecristo mine near Simojovel, Chiapas, southwestern Mexico. The new species is named Forelius chenpauch sp. nov. It differs from its congeners by having a unique combination of characters: antennal scapes reaching the posterior margin of the head; pronotum with six erect hairs; mesonotum with four erect hairs; propodeum with four erect hairs; front and dorsum of head, dorsum of pronotum, dorsum of mesonotum and propodeum covered with a fine striation. Forelius chenpauch sp. nov. has a rounded spiracle, which could be considered a plesiomorphic character closely related to the Forelius group from the north of the Amazon basin. Accordingly, the current divergence estimates of Forelius as a single genus from the Leptomyrmex + Forelius + Dorymyrmex clade (ca. 27 Ma) and the occurrence of Forelius chenpauch sp. nov. in the fossil record (ca. 23 Ma), may suggest that the rounded spiracle is a plesiomorphic state probably widespread since the Miocene from southern Mexico to northern South America.

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墨西哥新世蚁属一种，1888年(膜翅目:蚁科:蚁科)

描述了新世界蚁属的第一个化石物种。模式材料为来自墨西哥西南部恰帕斯州Simojovel附近Montecristo矿的中新世琥珀包裹体。这个新种被命名为Forelius chenpauch sp. 11 .它与同类的不同之处在于它有一个独特的特征组合:触角状的触角延伸到头部的后缘;前额有六根直立的毛;有四根直立毛的间皮瘤;有四根直立毛的前体;头的正面和背部，前凸背，中凸背和前凸背被细条纹覆盖。Forelius chenpauch sp. 11 .有一个圆形的气孔，可以认为是与亚马逊盆地北部Forelius群密切相关的半纯型特征。因此，目前对Forelius作为Leptomyrmex + Forelius + Dorymyrmex分支(约27 Ma)的一个属的分化估计，以及在化石记录中出现的Forelius chenpauch sp. nov.(约23 Ma)，可能表明圆形的螺状体是一种半纯形状态，可能自中新世以来从墨西哥南部到南美洲北部广泛分布。

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Accounts of Chemical Research 化学-化学综合

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