Dolichoderus punctatus

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Dolichoderus punctatus
Temporal range: Middle to Late Eocene
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Dolichoderus punctatus BMNHP-II1101 profile.jpg
holotype in Baltic amber
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Dolichoderinae
Genus: Dolichoderus
Species:
D. punctatus
Binomial name
Dolichoderus punctatus
Dlussky, 2008

Dolichoderus punctatus is an extinct species of Eocene ant in the genus Dolichoderus . Described by Dlussky in 2008, fossils of the species were found in the Baltic Amber. [1]

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References

  1. Dlussky, G.M. 2008b. Novye vidy murav’ev roda Dolichoderus pozdneyeotsenovykh yantarei Evropy. Vestnik Zoologii46: 497-514. PDF