Fig. 5. a. Acropyga sp. 1, gyne with mealybug between mandibles in amber from the Dominican Republic (Frankfurt collection piece, detail). b. Acropyga sp. 1, alate gyne and male in Dominican amber (Frankfurt collection piece). c. Acropyga sp. 2, dealate gyne and mealybug in Miocene amber from the Dominican Republic (Harvard collection piece, AMNH DR10228). d. Acropyga sp. 2, alate gyne and mealybug in Miocene amber from the Dominican Republic (Harvard collection piece, AMNH DR14403).Published as part of JOHNSON, CHRISTINE, AGOSTI, DONAT, DELABIE, JACQUES H., DUMPERT, KLAUS, WILLIAMS, D. J., TSCHIRNHAUS, MICHAEL VON & MASCHWITZ, ULRICH, 2001, Acropyga and Azteca Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) with Scale Insects (Sternorrhyncha: Coccoidea...
Fig. 6. Two workers of †Sphecomyrma freyi Wilson and Brown preserved in a single piece of New Jersey...
A detailed study of the holotype of Sphecomyrma canadensis Wilson, 1985 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) fr...
Fig. 5. Holotype worker of †Sphecomyrma mesaki, new species (AMNH NJ1023); lateral habitus and faci...
Fig. 7. Azteca alpha Wilson workers with mealybugs in Dominican amber (Larimer piece, AMNH DR14–955...
Fig. 6. Mealybug (detail) in amber (Harvard collection piece, AMNH DR14403).Published as part of J...
Fig. 4. Scanning electron micrographs (40–50X) of an Acropyga gyne from Saül, French Guiana, carryin...
Fig. 1. World distribution of Acropyga subgenera (from Emery, 1925; Menozzi, 1936; Weber, 1944; Prin...
JOHNSON, CHRISTINE, AGOSTI, DONAT, DELABIE, JACQUES H., DUMPERT, KLAUS, WILLIAMS, D. J., TSCHIRNHAUS...
Fig. 3. Alate female of a South African Acropyga carrying a Eumyrmococcus mealybug (redrawn from Pri...
Fig. 9. Electromyrmococcus inclusus Williams and Agosti, new species a. Adult female, dorsal aspect....
Fig. 8. Electromyrmococcus abductus Williams, new species a. Adult female, ventral aspect. Arrows po...
Fig. 10. Electromyrmococcus reginae Williams, new species a. Adult female, dorsolateral aspect. Arro...
Species of the genus Acropyga are rarely encountered subterranean ants that rely on mealy-bugs or ap...
Acropyga ants are a widespread clade of small subterranean formicines that live in obligate symbioti...
Figs. 1–3. Three Cretaceous amber ants. 1. †Myanmyrma gracilis, new genus and species (AMNH Bu014) ...
Fig. 6. Two workers of †Sphecomyrma freyi Wilson and Brown preserved in a single piece of New Jersey...
A detailed study of the holotype of Sphecomyrma canadensis Wilson, 1985 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) fr...
Fig. 5. Holotype worker of †Sphecomyrma mesaki, new species (AMNH NJ1023); lateral habitus and faci...
Fig. 7. Azteca alpha Wilson workers with mealybugs in Dominican amber (Larimer piece, AMNH DR14–955...
Fig. 6. Mealybug (detail) in amber (Harvard collection piece, AMNH DR14403).Published as part of J...
Fig. 4. Scanning electron micrographs (40–50X) of an Acropyga gyne from Saül, French Guiana, carryin...
Fig. 1. World distribution of Acropyga subgenera (from Emery, 1925; Menozzi, 1936; Weber, 1944; Prin...
JOHNSON, CHRISTINE, AGOSTI, DONAT, DELABIE, JACQUES H., DUMPERT, KLAUS, WILLIAMS, D. J., TSCHIRNHAUS...
Fig. 3. Alate female of a South African Acropyga carrying a Eumyrmococcus mealybug (redrawn from Pri...
Fig. 9. Electromyrmococcus inclusus Williams and Agosti, new species a. Adult female, dorsal aspect....
Fig. 8. Electromyrmococcus abductus Williams, new species a. Adult female, ventral aspect. Arrows po...
Fig. 10. Electromyrmococcus reginae Williams, new species a. Adult female, dorsolateral aspect. Arro...
Species of the genus Acropyga are rarely encountered subterranean ants that rely on mealy-bugs or ap...
Acropyga ants are a widespread clade of small subterranean formicines that live in obligate symbioti...
Figs. 1–3. Three Cretaceous amber ants. 1. †Myanmyrma gracilis, new genus and species (AMNH Bu014) ...
Fig. 6. Two workers of †Sphecomyrma freyi Wilson and Brown preserved in a single piece of New Jersey...
A detailed study of the holotype of Sphecomyrma canadensis Wilson, 1985 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) fr...
Fig. 5. Holotype worker of †Sphecomyrma mesaki, new species (AMNH NJ1023); lateral habitus and faci...