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The first syninclusion of the myrmicine Monomorium mayrianum Wheeler (two workers) and the aphid Germaraphis ungulata Heie (one nymph) is described from the Bitterfeld amber. Additionally, G. ungulata is recorded in a syninclusion with Ctenobethylus goepperti (Mayr) in the Rovno amber for the first time.
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Perkovsky, E.E. On finding a single-clawed aphid, Germaraphis ungulata (Homoptera, Aphidinea), in a syninclusion with the ant Monomorium mayrianum (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) in the Saxonian amber. Paleontol. J. 43, 1006–1007 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0031030109090020
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