Dolichoderus dibolius

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Dolichoderus dibolius
Temporal range: Early Miocene
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Dolichoderinae
Genus: Dolichoderus
Species:
D. dibolius
Binomial name
Dolichoderus dibolius
Wilson, 1985

Dolichoderus dibolius is an extinct species of Miocene ant in the genus Dolichoderus . The fossils were found in the Dominican Amber, and was described by Wilson in 1985. [1] [2]

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References

  1. MacKay, W. P. 1993b. A review of the New World ants of the genus Dolichoderus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Sociobiology22: 1-148 (page 49, see also)
  2. Wilson, E. O. 1985c. Ants of the Dominican amber (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). 3. The subfamily Dolichoderinae. Psyche (Cambridge)92: 17-37 (page 18, fig. 1 worker described)