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词条 Anochetus lucidus
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  1. History and classification

  2. Description

  3. References

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| fossil_range= {{Fossilrange|Burdigalian|Burdigalian|Burdigalian?}}
| image = Anochetus lucidus SMNSDO2846-1 02.jpg
| image_caption = Anochetus lucidus holotype
| taxon = Anochetus lucidus
| authority = De Andrade, 1994
| extinct = yes
}}Anochetus lucidus is an extinct species of ant in the subfamily Ponerinae known from two possibly Miocene[1] fossils found on Hispaniola.[2] A. lucidus is one of eight species in the ant genus Anochetus to have been described from fossils found in Dominican amber and is one of a number of Anochetus species found in the Greater Antillies.[2][3]

History and classification

Anochetus lucidus is known from just two fossil insects, which were inclusions in a single yellow transparent chunk of Dominican amber, which was cut into two pieces for the study of the fossils.[2] The amber was produced by the extinct Hymenaea protera, which formerly grew on Hispaniola, across northern South America and up to southern Mexico. The specimens were collected from an undetermined amber mine in fossil bearing rocks of the Cordillera Septentrional mountains, northern Dominican Republic.[1][4] The amber dates from at least the Burdigalian stage of the Miocene, based on studying the associated fossil foraminifera and may be as old as the Middle Eocene, based on the associated fossil coccoliths. This age range is due to the host rock being secondary deposits for the amber, and the Miocene the age range is only the youngest that it might be.[1]

At the time of description, the holotype specimen, number D-2846-1, and the paratype, number D-2846-2, were preserved in the State Museum of Natural History Stuttgart amber collections. The fossils were first studied by entomologist Maria L. De Andrade of the University of Basle with her 1994 type description of the new species being published in the journal Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde. Serie B (Geologie und Paläontologie). The specific epithet is derived from the Latin lucidus which mean "shining" in reference to the distinct shining nature of the exoskeleton.[2]

The species is one of eight Anochetus species which have been described from Dominican amber. Two species were described prior to A. lucidus, A. corayi in 1980 and A. brevidentatus in 1991. The remaining five species; A. ambiguus, A. conisquamis, A. dubius, A. exstinctus, and A. intermedius were all described by De Andrade in the same 1994 paper as A. lucidus.[2] A number of modern species live in the Greater Antilles, with at least three modern species found on Hispaniola.[3]

Description

References

1. ^{{Cite journal |last1=Poinar |first1=G. |last2=Heiss |first2=E. |year=2011 |title=New Termitaphididae and Aradidae (Hemiptera) in Mexican and Dominican amber |journal= Palaeodiversity |volume=4 |pages = 51–62 |url= http://www.palaeodiversity.org/pdf/04/Palaeodiversity_4_PoinarHeiss.pdf}}
2. ^{{cite journal |last1= De Andrade |first1= M. L. |year= 1994 |title= Fossil Odontomachiti Ants from the Dominican Republic (Amber Collection Stuttgart: Hymenoptera, Formicidae. VII: Odontomachiti) |journal= Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde. Serie B (Geologie und Paläontologie) |volume=199 |pages=1–28}}
3. ^{{cite journal |last1= Feitosa |first1= R. M. |last2=Lacau |first2=S. |last3=Da Rocha |first3=W. D. |last4=Oliveira |first4=A. R. |last5=Delabie |first5=J. H. C. |year= 2012 |title= A giant new arboreal species of the ant genus Anochetus from Brazil (Formicidae: Ponerinae) |journal= Annales de la Société Entomologique de France |volume=48 |pages=253–259 |url=https://www.academia.edu/2459536/A_giant_new_arboreal_species_of_the_ant_genus_Anochetus_from_Brazil_Formicidae_Ponerinae_ |doi=10.1080/00379271.2012.10697774}}
4. ^{{cite journal |last1=Woodruff |first1=R.E. |year=2009 |title=A new fossil species of stag beetle from Dominican Republic amber, with Australasian connections (Coleoptera: Lucanidae) |journal= Insecta Mundi |volume=0098 |pages=1–10 |url=http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1621&context=insectamundi}}
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10 : Ponerinae|Fossil ant taxa|Burdigalian life|Miocene insects of North America|Fossil insects of the Caribbean|Fauna of Hispaniola|Insects of the Dominican Republic|Fossils of the Dominican Republic|Dominican amber|Fossil taxa described in 1994

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