Dolichoderus primitivus
| †Dolichoderus primitivus Temporal range: Dominican amber
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| †Dolichoderus primitivus (Wilson, 1985)
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Dolichoderus primitivus is an extinct species of Miocene ant in the genus Dolichoderus. The fossils were found in the Dominican Amber, and was described by Wilson in 1985.[1][2]
References
- ^ MacKay, W. P. 1993b. A review of the New World ants of the genus Dolichoderus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Sociobiology 22: 1-148 (page 83)
- ^ Wilson, E. O. 1985c. Ants of the Dominican amber (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). 3. The subfamily Dolichoderinae. Psyche (Cambridge) 92: 17-37 (page 22 worker described)