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Dolichoderus polessus

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Dolichoderus polessus
Temporal range: Eocene
Rovno amber
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Dolichoderinae
Genus: Dolichoderus
Species:
D. polessus
Binomial name
Dolichoderus polessus
Dlussky, 2002

Dolichoderus polessus is an extinct species of Eocene ant in the genus Dolichoderus. Described by Dlussky in 2002, a fossilised worker was discovered in the Rivne amber.[1]

References

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  1. ^ Dlussky, G. M. 2002a. Ants of the genus Dolichoderus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from the Baltic and Rovno ambers. Paleontol. Zh. 2002 (1): 54-68 (page 59, fig. 2d worker described)