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    Dolichoderus primitivus

    Topic: Biology

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    Short description: Species of ant

    †Dolichoderus primitivus
    Temporal range: Early Miocene
    ↓
    Dominican amber
    Scientific classification edit
    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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