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Dolichoderus elegans
| †Dolichoderus elegans Temporal range: Bartonian, Middle to Late Eocene Baltic amber, Baltic Sea region | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Dolichoderinae |
| Tribe: | Dolichoderini |
| Genus: | Dolichoderus |
| Species: | †D. elegans |
| Binomial name | |
| †Dolichoderus elegans Wheeler, W.M., 1915 | |
Identification
Distribution
This taxon was described from Baltic amber, Baltic Sea region, Europe (Bartonian, Middle to Late Eocene).
Castes
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- †elegans. †Dolichoderus (Hypoclinea) elegans Wheeler, W.M. 1915h: 80, fig. 35 (w.) BALTIC AMBER (Eocene). See also: Dlussky, 2002b: 62.
Description
References
- Wheeler, W.M. 1915i. The ants of the Baltic Amber. Schriften der Physikalisch-Ökonomischen Gesellschaft zu Königsberg 55: 1-142. (page 80, fig. 35 worker described)