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Dolichoderus passalomma

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Species of ant

Dolichoderus passalomma
Temporal range: Middle to Late Eocene Preκž’ κž’ O S D C P T J K Pg N
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. passalomma
Binomial name
Dolichoderus passalomma
Wheeler, 1915

Dolichoderus passalomma is an extinct species of Eocene ant in the genus Dolichoderus. Described by William Morton Wheeler in 1915, a fossilised worker of the extinct species was discovered in Baltic amber.

References

  1. Wheeler, W. M. (1915). "The ants of the Baltic amber". Schriften der Physikalisch-Okonomischen Gesellschaft zu Konigsberg. 55 (4): 79.
Taxon identifiers
Dolichoderus passalomma


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