Biology:Manica andrannae
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Short description: Species of fossil insect
| Manica andrannae | |
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| Palaeontological reconstruction of†Manica andrannae | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Genus: | Manica |
| Species: | M. andrannae
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| Manica andrannae Zharkov et Dubovikoff, 2023[1]
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Manica andrannae is a fossil species of the ants tribe Myrmicini from the subfamily Myrmicinae (Formicidae). It was discovered in Europe. Eocene amber has been dated at 33.9–37.8 million years ago (specifically Russia n Baltic amber). This is the first finding of this genus in a fossil state, having a plesiomorphic state with features such as the propodeum having a weakly convex dorsum and short, blunt tubercles, and by a more angular petiolar node.[2][1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Zharkov, Dmitry; Dubovikoff, Dmitry; Abakumov, Evgeny (January 2023). "The First Fossil Record of the Genus Manica Jurine, 1807 from Late Eocene Baltic Amber and Discussion of the Early Evolution of Myrmicini (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae)" (in en). Insects 14 (1): 21. doi:10.3390/insects14010021. ISSN 2075-4450. PMID 36661949.
- ↑ "Biologists discover the first fossil species of mountain ants in Baltic amber" (in en). St Petersburg state univ. https://phys.org/news/2023-02-biologists-fossil-species-mountain-ants.html.
Wikidata ☰ Q115898718 entry
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