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Dolichoderus antiquus

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Dolichoderus antiquus
Temporal range: Late Eocene
Paratype queen
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Dolichoderinae
Genus: Dolichoderus
Species:
D. antiquus
Binomial name
Dolichoderus antiquus
Carpenter, 1930

Dolichoderus antiquus is an extinct species of ant in the genus Dolichoderus. Described by Carpenter in 1930, the fossils of this species are only exclusive to the Florissant Formation.[1]

References

  1. ^ Carpenter, F. M. 1930. The fossil ants of North America. Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. 70: 1-66 (page 39, pl. 4, fig. 6; pl. 9, fig. 1; pl. 10, fig. 2 worker, queen described PDF)