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and mandible blades a yellowish tone, while the head, mandible tips, antennae, tibiae and tarsi are all brownish. The mandibles are one quarter times longer than the width of the head and just over the length, slightly flaring in width from the base to tips and have seven teeth on the left mandible,
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type specimen is fairly well preserved, though some body structures were lost prior to entombment and the specimen shows distortions along its full length from the resin flowing after entombment. The specimen has an estimated body length of 4.56 millimetres (0.180 in), with a 0.80 millimetres
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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, 0.12 millimetres (0.0047 in), centrally placed.
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Andrade, M. L. (1994). "Fossil Odontomachiti Ants from the Dominican Republic (Amber Collection Stuttgart: Hymenoptera, Formicidae. VII: Odontomachiti)".
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815:Prehistoric insects of the Caribbean
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164:Arthropoda
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