TY - JOUR
T1 - Ants from the Miocene Totolapa amber (Chiapas, Mexico), with the first record of the genus Forelius (Hymenoptera, Formicidae)
AU - Durán-Ruiz, Claudia
AU - Riquelme, Francisco
AU - Coutiño-José, Marco
AU - Carbot-Chanona, Gerardo
AU - Castaño-Meneses, Gabriela
AU - Ramos-Arias, Mario
PY - 2013/5
Y1 - 2013/5
N2 - Totolapa is one of the amber Lagerstätten from Chiapas, southwestern Mexico, which include the Simojovel and Huitiupán deposits. Despite the remarkable paleobiological heritage of Chiapas amber biota, the fossil record of ants from Totolapa has so far not been well studied. Based on exceptionally preserved specimens, four ant genera from the Totolapa amber deposits are reported in this paper, including Forelius, Azteca, Tapinoma, and Camponotus (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Whereas the genera Azteca, Tapinoma, and Camponotus are previously known from amber quarries of Simojovel, this paper represents the first record of the presence of Forelius in Chiapas amber.
AB - Totolapa is one of the amber Lagerstätten from Chiapas, southwestern Mexico, which include the Simojovel and Huitiupán deposits. Despite the remarkable paleobiological heritage of Chiapas amber biota, the fossil record of ants from Totolapa has so far not been well studied. Based on exceptionally preserved specimens, four ant genera from the Totolapa amber deposits are reported in this paper, including Forelius, Azteca, Tapinoma, and Camponotus (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Whereas the genera Azteca, Tapinoma, and Camponotus are previously known from amber quarries of Simojovel, this paper represents the first record of the presence of Forelius in Chiapas amber.
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U2 - 10.1139/cjes-2012-0166
DO - 10.1139/cjes-2012-0166
M3 - Artículo
AN - SCOPUS:84877797018
SN - 0008-4077
VL - 50
SP - 495
EP - 502
JO - Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences
JF - Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences
IS - 5
ER -