Dubovikov D.A. 2011. The first record of the genus Pheidole Westwood, 1839 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from the Baltic amber // Russian Entomol. J. Vol.20. No.3: 255–257 [in English].

St.-Petersburg State University, 7/9 Universitetskaya nab., Saint-Petersburg 199034,  Russia. E-mail: dubovikoff@gmail.com

Key words: ant, Pheidole, first record, new species, Baltic amber.

Abstract. Occurrence of the genus Pheidole in the Baltic amber (late Eocene) is confirmed. The fourth fossil species of this genus, Pheidole rasnitsyni sp.n., is described.

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