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Dolichoderus punctatus

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Dolichoderus punctatus
Temporal range: Middle to Late Eocene
holotype in Baltic amber
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Dolichoderinae
Genus: Dolichoderus
Species:
D. punctatus
Binomial name
Dolichoderus punctatus
Dlussky, 2008

Dolichoderus punctatus is an extinct species of Eocene ant in the genus Dolichoderus. Described by Dlussky in 2008, fossils of the species were found in the Baltic Amber.[1]

References

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  1. ^ Dlussky, G.M. 2008b. Novye vidy murav’ev roda Dolichoderus pozdneyeotsenovykh yantarei Evropy. Vestnik Zoologii 46: 497-514. PDF