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Dolichoderus vectensis

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Species of ant

Dolichoderus vectensis
Temporal range: Late Eocene to Early Oligocene Preκž’ κž’ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Holotype queen in marl
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Dolichoderinae
Genus: Dolichoderus
Species: D. vectensis
Binomial name
Dolichoderus vectensis
Donisthorpe, 1920

Dolichoderus vectensis is an extinct species of the Oligocene ant in the genus Dolichoderus. Described by Horace Donisthorpe in 1920, the fossils of the species were found in the United Kingdom.

References

  1. Donisthorpe, H. 1920b. British Oligocene ants. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 9(6): 81-94 (page 88, pl. 5, fig. 6 queen described)
Taxon identifiers
Dolichoderus vectensis


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