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Dolichoderus primitivus

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Short description: Species of ant

Dolichoderus primitivus
Temporal range: Early Miocene
Dominican amber
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Dolichoderinae
Genus: Dolichoderus
Species:
D. primitivus
Binomial name
Dolichoderus primitivus
(Wilson, 1985)

Dolichoderus primitivus 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]

References

  1. MacKay, W. P. 1993b. A review of the New World ants of the genus Dolichoderus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Sociobiology 22: 1-148 (page 83)
  2. Wilson, E. O. 1985c. Ants of the Dominican amber (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). 3. The subfamily Dolichoderinae. Psyche (Cambridge) 92: 17-37 (page 22 worker described)

Wikidata ☰ Q3912465 entry





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