Kotshkorkia Explained

Kotshkorkia is an extinct genus of ants of the subfamily Dolichoderinae. The genus contains a single described species Kotshkorkia laticeps. It was described by Dlussky in 1981, where the first fossils of the ant were found in Russia.[1] [2]

Notes and References

  1. Dlussky, G. M. 1981a. Miocene ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of the USSR. Pp. 64-83 in: Vishnyakova, V. N., Dlussky, G. M., Pritykina, L. N. New fossil insects from the territories of the USSR. Tr. Paleontol. Inst. Akad. Nauk SSSR 183:1-87. (page 71, fig. 52 queen described)
  2. Book: Bolton. Barry. Identification Guide to the Ant Genera of the World. June 1994. Harvard University Press. Cambridge, Massachusetts. 0674442806. 26. 1st.

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