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Dolichoderus passalomma

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Dolichoderus passalomma
Temporal range: Middle to Late Eocene
Baltic amber
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D. passalomma
Binomial name
Dolichoderus passalomma
Wheeler, W.M., 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 the Baltic amber.[1]

References

  1. ^ Wheeler, W. M. 1915. The ants of the Baltic Amber. Schr. Phys.-Ökon. Ges. Königsb. 55: 1-142 (page 79, 34 worker described)