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Dolichoderus sculpturatus

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Dolichoderus sculpturatus
Temporal range: Middle to Late Eocene
Worker 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. sculpturatus
Binomial name
Dolichoderus sculpturatus
(Mayr, 1868)
Synonyms
  • Hypoclinea sculpturata

Dolichoderus sculpturatus is an extinct species of ant in the genus Dolichoderus. Described by Mayr in 1868, a fossilised worker was discovered and described in the Baltic amber.[1]

References

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  1. ^ Mayr, G. 1868c. Die Ameisen des baltischen Bernsteins. Beitr. Naturkd. Preuss. 1: 1-102 (page 62, pl. 3, figs. 53-55 worker described)