Latest Articles from Travaux du Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle “Grigore Antipa” Latest 3 Articles from Travaux du Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle “Grigore Antipa” https://travaux.pensoft.net/ Fri, 29 Mar 2024 11:30:44 +0200 Pensoft FeedCreator https://travaux.pensoft.net/i/logo.jpg Latest Articles from Travaux du Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle “Grigore Antipa” https://travaux.pensoft.net/ First records of aneuretine ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Aneuretinae) in late Eocene Rovno amber (Ukraine) https://travaux.pensoft.net/article/85206/ Travaux du Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle “Grigore Antipa” 65(2): 69-80

DOI: 10.3897/travaux.65.e85206

Authors: Alexander Radchenko, Mykola Khomych

Abstract: Aneuretinae is an enigmatic ant subfamily with poorly defined morphological boundaries. Aneuretus simoni Emery, 1893, found only in Sri Lanka, is a “living fossil”, the only known extant species of Aneuretinae. In the distant past, however, Aneuretinae was more diverse and widespread, including eight extinct genera spread across North America, Europe, and the Russian Far East. Here, we report two fossil Aneuretinae species, Protaneuretus succineus Wheeler, 1915 and Paraneuretus tornquisti Wheeler, 1915, found in late Eocene (Priabonian, 37.8–33.9 Ma) Rovno amber (Ukraine), providing distinguishing morphological features and measurements. These species, the first recorded Aneuretinae in Rovno amber, were originally described from Baltic amber of similar Priabonian age. These new records raise the number of reported ants in Rovno amber to 77 species from 39 genera and 9 subfamilies, and indicate that in the late Eocene Aneuretinae were distributed both on the northern and southern coasts of the Paratethys. Fossil evidence suggests that Aneuretinae originated in the Northern Hemisphere and only entered India and Sri Lanka after the Indian subcontinent collided with Asia ~59 Ma. Why Aneuretinae survived to the present only in Sri Lanka remains a mystery.

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Research Article Sat, 31 Dec 2022 10:30:00 +0200
First record of the subfamily Epitraninae (Hymenoptera: Chalcididae) in the European Continent https://travaux.pensoft.net/article/66165/ Travaux du Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle “Grigore Antipa” 64(1): 61-65

DOI: 10.3897/travaux.64.e66165

Authors: Evangelos Koutsoukos, Gerard Delvare

Abstract: Epitraninae Burks (Hymenoptera: Chalcididae) is a subfamily with a single recognised genus, Epitranus Walker, known to be distributed throughout the tropical areas of the Old World. Whilst recent studies have reported the presence of Epitraninae in countries of the Middle East, there are no published records from the European continent. A female specimen belonging to the Epitranus hamoni species complex was collected in Salamis island, Attica, Greece, and deposited at the Museum of Zoology (Athens). This record constitutes an important addition to the Greek and European Chalcidoidea fauna.

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Faunistic Note Wed, 30 Jun 2021 18:00:04 +0300
Two genera of platygastroids (Hymenoptera: Platygastroidea) new to the Romanian fauna https://travaux.pensoft.net/article/38298/ Travaux du Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle “Grigore Antipa” 62(2): 213-220

DOI: 10.3897/travaux.62.e38298

Authors: Andreea Georgiana Spiridon, Mădălina Viciriuc, Cristina Vasilița, Alexandru Pintilioaie, Ovidiu Popovici

Abstract: This study presents the genera Iphitrachelus Haliday, 1836 and Baryconus Förster, 1856 with the species B. graeffei (Kieffer, 1908), I. lar Haliday, 1836 and I. gracilis Masner, 1957 as new records for the Romanian fauna.

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Research Article Tue, 31 Dec 2019 23:00:00 +0200