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A new subfamily of ants (Martialinae) is described from Brazil

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Kovalevsky, 16.09.2008 12:22

The PNAS website has published an article describing a new species (as well as genus and subfamily) from the Amazon rainforest. Molecular analysis shows that the new species is the most primitive of the modern ants known to science, and it can be attributed to the "living fossil". A good comment can be found here here (in English). For those who don't read English , here's one option. An article from PNAS is attached

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