| Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4747161 | Cretaceous Research | 2015 | 6 Pages |
•A new ant species is described from Cretaceous French amber.•The new ant belongs to the extinct, exclusively Cretaceous subfamily Sphecomyrminae.•The new species belongs to a genus already known from Taimyr and New Jersey amber.•The species from French amber is the oldest record of the genus Baikuris.
A new species of the extinct ant genus Baikuris Dlussky, 1987 (Formicidae: Sphecomyrminae) is described and figured from a male preserved in a piece of ∼100 Myr amber from Charentes, in southwestern France. Baikuris maximus sp. nov., is distinguished from other species notably by its larger size, its forewing with vein 2M+Cu absent and vein 3Cu tubular, and the presence of a subpetiolar process. The diagnosis of the genus is emended, and its distribution during the Cretaceous is briefly discussed.
