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Dolichoderus obliteratus

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Species of ant

Dolichoderus obliteratus
Temporal range: Miocene Preκž’ κž’ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Dolichoderinae
Genus: Dolichoderus
Species: D. obliteratus
Binomial name
Dolichoderus obliteratus
(Scudder, 1877)

Dolichoderus obliteratus is an extinct species of Miocene ant in the genus Dolichoderus. Described by Samuel Hubbard Scudder in 1877, only a fossilised wing of the species was found in Canada.

References

  1. Scudder, S. H. 1877a. Appendix to Mr. George M. Dawson's report. The insects of the Tertiary beds at Quesnel. Rep. Prog. Geol. Surv. Can. 1875-1876: 266-280 (page 267, wing described)
Taxon identifiers
Dolichoderus obliteratus


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