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a reddish tone. The mandibles are just under one-third the length of the head, flare in width from the base to tips and have between 7 and 9 teeth which decrease in size from the tips to the bases. The apical three teeth on each mandible blade are elongated and slender for grasping prey. Both the
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have a slight "u" shaped profile, with the undersides of each curved upwards. The propodium sports short spines, 0.04 millimetres (0.0016 in) long, on the rear edge, while the petiole has longer spines centrally placed and reaching 0.10 millimetres (0.0039 in) in length.
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specimens are well preserved, though the paratype shows some distortion from the amber moving after entombment and both are missing some body structures. The specimens have estimated body lengths between 5.62–5.94 millimetres (0.221–0.234 in). The overall
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De
Andrade, M. L. (1994). "Fossil Odontomachiti Ants from the Dominican Republic (Amber Collection Stuttgart: Hymenoptera, Formicidae. VII: Odontomachiti)".
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348:. 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.
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600:"A new fossil species of stag beetle from Dominican Republic amber, with Australasian connections (Coleoptera: Lucanidae)"
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species which have been described from
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amber collections. The fossils were first studied by entomologist Maria L. De
Andrade of the
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Feitosa, R. M.; Lacau, S.; Da Rocha, W. D.; Oliveira, A. R.; Delabie, J. H. C. (2012).
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specimen, number D-3346, and the paratype, number D-4015, were preserved in the
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and may be as old as the Middle Eocene, based on the associated fossil
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563:"A giant new arboreal species of the ant genus
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285:is one of eight species in the ant genus
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299:species found in the Greater Antillies.
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408:in 1991. The remaining five species;
314:in dark yellow transparent chunks of
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796:Prehistoric insects of the Caribbean
567:from Brazil (Formicidae: Ponerinae)"
385:which mean "uncertain or variable".
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811:Fossils of the Dominican Republic
806:Insects of the Dominican Republic
791:Miocene insects of North America
351:At the time of description, the
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821:Fossil taxa described in 1994
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303:History and classification
295:and is one of a number of
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330:Cordillera Septentrional
273:known from two possibly
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16:Extinct species of ant
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378:is derived from the
332:mountains, northern
801:Fauna of Hispaniola
361:University of Basle
661:Anochetus ambiguus
631:Anochetus ambiguus
452:Anochetus ambiguus
334:Dominican Republic
308:Anochetus ambiguus
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119:Anochetus ambiguus
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655:Wikispecies
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461:A. ambiguus
446:Description
440:A. ambiguus
394:A. ambiguus
338:Burdigalian
283:A. ambiguus
184:Hymenoptera
770:Categories
485:References
457:coloration
435:A. lucidus
346:coccoliths
326:Hispaniola
312:inclusions
279:Hispaniola
194:Formicidae
164:Arthropoda
776:Ponerinae
565:Anochetus
474:mesonotum
417:A. dubius
399:A. corayi
390:Anochetus
297:Anochetus
288:Anochetus
271:Ponerinae
212:Species:
205:Anochetus
150:Kingdom:
144:Eukaryota
121:paratype
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646:Q3688281
640:Wikidata
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478:pronotum
383:ambiguus
376:ambiguus
353:holotype
190:Family:
160:Phylum:
154:Animalia
140:Domain:
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275:Miocene
263:species
260:extinct
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174:Insecta
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