Dolichoderus balticus

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Dolichoderus balticus
Temporal range: Middle to Late Eocene
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Dolichoderus balticus MBI5850 profile.jpg
Worker in Baltic amber
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Dolichoderinae
Genus: Dolichoderus
Species:
D. balticus
Binomial name
Dolichoderus balticus
(Mayr, 1868)
Synonyms
  • Hypoclinea baltica

Dolichoderus balticus is an extinct species of Eocene ant in the genus Dolichoderus . Described by Mayr in 1868, the fossils of a worker, queen and male of the species were discovered in the Baltic Amber. [1]

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References

  1. Mayr, G. 1868c. Die Ameisen des baltischen Bernsteins. Beiträge zur Naturkunde Preussens. Königlichen Physikalisch-Ökonomischen Gesellschaft zu Königsberg1: 1-102. [(31.xii).1868.] PDF (page 64, pl. 3, figs. 61-63; pl. 4, fig. 64 worker, queen, male described) PDF