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Dolichoderus nanus

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Species of ant

Dolichoderus nanus
Temporal range: Middle to Late Eocene Preκž’ κž’ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Holotype worker in Baltic amber
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Dolichoderinae
Genus: Dolichoderus
Species: D. nanus
Binomial name
Dolichoderus nanus
Dlussky, 2002

Dolichoderus nanus is an extinct species of Eocene ant in the genus Dolichoderus. Described by Dlussky in 2002, a fossilised worker was discovered in the Baltic amber.

References

  1. Dlussky, G. M. 2002a. Ants of the genus Dolichoderus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from the Baltic and Rovno ambers. Paleontol. Zh. 2002 (1): 54-68 (page 67, worker described)
Taxon identifiers
Dolichoderus nanus


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