†Dolichoderus elegans Temporal range: Middle to Late Eocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓ Baltic amber | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Dolichoderinae |
Genus: | Dolichoderus |
Species: | D. elegans |
Binomial name | |
Dolichoderus elegans Wheeler, W.M., 1915 |
Dolichoderus elegans is an extinct species of Eocene ant in the genus Dolichoderus. Described by William Morton Wheeler in 1915, the fossilised remains of the species were found in the Baltic amber.
References
- Wheeler, W. M. 1915i . The ants of the Baltic Amber. Schr. Phys.-Ökon. Ges. Königsb. 55: 1-142 (page 80, fig. 35 worker described)
Taxon identifiers | |
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Dolichoderus elegans |
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