Dolichoderus passalomma Temporal range: Middle to Late Eocene Preκ κ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓ | |
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Worker in Baltic amber | |
Scientific 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
- Wheeler, W. M. (1915). "The ants of the Baltic amber". Schriften der Physikalisch-Okonomischen Gesellschaft zu Konigsberg. 55 (4): 79.
Taxon identifiers | |
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Dolichoderus passalomma |
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