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Dolichoderus ovigerus
| †Dolichoderus ovigerus Temporal range: Fossil | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Dolichoderinae |
| Genus: | Emplastus |
| Species: | †Dolichoderus ovigerus Cockerell, 1915 |
This taxon is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Emplastus britannicus.
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- †ovigerus. †Dolichoderus ovigerus Cockerell, 1915: 484, pl. 65, fig. 9 (q.) GREAT BRITAIN (Oligocene). Junior synonym of †britannicus: Dlussky & Perfilieva, 2014: 80.
References
- Cockerell, T. D. A. 1915. British fossil insects. Proc. U. S. Natl. Mus. 49: 469-499 (page 484, pl. 65, fig. 9 queen described)
- Dlussky, G.M. & Perfilieva, K.S. 2014. Superfamily Formicoidea Latreille, 1802. In: Antropov, A. V., Belokobylskij, S. A., Compton, S. G., Dlussky, G. M., Khalaim, A. I., Kolyada, V. A., Kozlov, M. A., Perfilieva, K. S. & Rasnitsyn, A. P. 2014. The wasps, bees and ants (Insecta: Vespida=Hymenoptera) from the Insect Limestone (Late Eocene) of the Isle of Wight, UK. Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 104(3-4):335-446.