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The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 06:34, 30 June 2018 (UTC)

Zatania electra

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Zatania electra worker in amber
Zatania electra worker in amber
  • ... that the ant species Zatania electra (pictured) is named for amber, which it was found entombed in? Source: "Etymology. The species epithet is in reference to the fact that this is a fossil species found in amber (electra is Greek for amber)." (LaPolla, Kallal & Brady, 2012 page 209)
    • ALT1:... that ...? Source: "You are strongly encouraged to quote the source text supporting each hook" (and [link] the source, or cite it briefly without using citation templates)

Created by Kevmin (talk). Self-nominated at 16:14, 22 June 2018 (UTC).

  • The article is new and long enough. It seems well sourced but I am concerned about citation 2 not mentioning the ant at all. It is a bit difficult to verify. QPQ done. Hook properly formated and sourced. Surtsicna (talk) 21:04, 24 June 2018 (UTC)
  • @Surtsicna: Ref 2 to is providing supporting reference for the age of the amber and for the geographic area the amber specimens are mined from. I apologize though, I got the wrong reference tags on the description section! I have corrected them to reflect LaPolla as the source reference.--Kevmin § 22:18, 24 June 2018 (UTC)
  • If Ref 1 says that the ant was discovered in Dominican amber, Ref 2 should be okay (and not synthetic). I cannot access it, however, thus the AGF tick. I confirm that electra refers to amber, though, so it's not just faith :D Surtsicna (talk) 21:37, 25 June 2018 (UTC)