Dolichoderus vectensis

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Dolichoderus vectensis
Temporal range: 36–32 Ma
Late Eocene to Early Oligocene
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D. vectensis
Binomial name
Dolichoderus vectensis
Donisthorpe, 1920

Dolichoderus vectensis is an extinct species of Oligocene ant in the genus Dolichoderus. Described by Donisthorpe in 1920, the fossils of the species were found in the United Kingdom.[1]

References

  1. ^ Donisthorpe, H. 1920b. British Oligocene ants. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 9(6): 81-94 (page 88, pl. 5, fig. 6 queen described)