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Dolichoderus elegans

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Species of ant

Dolichoderus elegans
Temporal range: Middle to Late Eocene PreꞒ O S D C P T J K Pg NBaltic amber
Scientific classification Edit this 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

  1. 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
Dolichoderus elegans


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