Dolichoderus rohweri

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Dolichoderus rohweri
Temporal range: Late Eocene
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Paratype queen in the British Museum
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Dolichoderinae
Genus: Dolichoderus
Species:
D. rohweri
Binomial name
Dolichoderus rohweri
Carpenter, 1930

Dolichoderus rohweri is an extinct species of ant in the genus Dolichoderus . Described by Carpenter in 1930, the fossils of this species are only found in the Florissant Formation, Colorado. [1]

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References

  1. Carpenter, F. M. 1930. The fossil ants of North America. Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. 70: 1-66 (page 8 PDF )