Dolichoderus vectensis Temporal range: Late Eocene to Early Oligocene Preκ κ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓ | |
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Holotype queen in marl | |
Scientific 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
- Donisthorpe, H. 1920b. British Oligocene ants. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 9(6): 81-94 (page 88, pl. 5, fig. 6 queen described)
Taxon identifiers | |
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Dolichoderus vectensis |
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