Dolichoderus elegans

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Dolichoderus elegans
Temporal range: Middle to Late Eocene
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Dolichoderinae
Genus: Dolichoderus
Species:
D. elegans
Binomial name
Dolichoderus elegans
Wheeler, W.M., 1915

Dolichoderus elegans is an extinct species of Eocene ant in the genus Dolichoderus . Described by William Morton Wheeler in 1915, the fossilised remains of the species were found in the Baltic amber. [1]

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References

  1. Wheeler, W. M. 1915i [1914]. The ants of the Baltic Amber. Schr. Phys.-Ökon. Ges. Königsb.55: 1-142 (page 80, fig. 35 worker described)