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A New Species of the Genus Protaneuretus Wheeler (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from Bitterfeld Amber (Late Eocene), with a Key to the Species of the Genus

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A second species of the genus Protaneuretus Wheeler, 1915, P. mirabilis sp. nov., is described from the late Eocene Bitterfeld amber. The new species is compared with the type species of the genus and key to species of Protaneuretus is provided.

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

The photographs were taken using the equipment of the Science Park of St. Petersburg State University (Resource Center “Microscopy and Microanalysis”, project no. 112-11405). The authors are sincerely grateful to Manfred Kucher (Sassnitz, Germany) and Dr. Alexander Gehler (GZG, Germany) for the material provided for study.

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The study was carried out as part of the basic research program of the St. Petersburg State University (for D.A. Dubovikoff and E.V. Abakumov) and partially supported by a grant from St. Petersburg State University “Urbanized ecosystems of the Arctic zone of the Russian Federation: dynamics, state and sustainable development” (no. 28612627).

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  1. St. Petersburg State University, Biology Faculty, 199034, St. Petersburg, Russia

    D. A. Dubovikoff & E. V. Abakumov

  2. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Biology Faculty, 119192, Moscow, Russia

    G. M. Dlussky

  3. Schmalhausen Institute of Zoology, National Academy of Sciences, 01-030, Kiev, Ukraine

    E. E. Perkovsky

  4. Borissiak Paleontological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, 117647, Moscow, Russia

    E. E. Perkovsky

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Dubovikoff, D.A., Dlussky, G.M., Perkovsky, E.E. et al. A New Species of the Genus Protaneuretus Wheeler (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from Bitterfeld Amber (Late Eocene), with a Key to the Species of the Genus. Paleontol. J. 54, 389–391 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1134/S003103012004005X

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