Pachycondyla aberrans

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Pachycondyla aberrans is an extinct ant species known only from fossil specimens preserved in Late Eocene amber from Sikhote-Alin in the Russian Far East . Queens or gynes measured approximately 6-7 mm in body length, with distinctive wing venation patterns including the rare loss of the rm cell among Ponerinae ants . The name 'aberrans' means 'deviate' or 'aberrant' in Latin, referring to its unique morphological features such as the high petiole node and angulated propodeum .