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Dolichoderus dibolius

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Species of ant

†Dolichoderus dibolius
Temporal range: Early Miocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓ Dominican amber
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Dolichoderinae
Genus: Dolichoderus
Species: D. dibolius
Binomial name
Dolichoderus dibolius
Wilson, 1985

Dolichoderus dibolius 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.

References

  1. MacKay, W. P. 1993b. A review of the New World ants of the genus Dolichoderus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Sociobiology 22: 1-148 (page 49, see also)
  2. Wilson, E. O. 1985c. Ants of the Dominican amber (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). 3. The subfamily Dolichoderinae. Psyche: A Journal of Entomology 92: 17-37 (page 18, fig. 1 worker described)
Taxon identifiers
Dolichoderus dibolius


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