Dolichoderus tertiarius
Appearance
Dolichoderus tertiarius Temporal range:
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Worker in Baltic amber | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Dolichoderinae |
Genus: | Dolichoderus |
Species: | †D. tertiarius
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Binomial name | |
†Dolichoderus tertiarius (Mayr, 1868)
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Dolichoderus tertiarius is an extinct species of Eocene ant in the genus Dolichoderus. Described by Mayr in 1868, fossils of a worker, queen and male were discovered and described in the Baltic amber.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ Mayr, G. 1868c. Die Ameisen des baltischen Bernsteins. Beitr. Naturkd. Preuss. 1: 1-102 (page 62, pl. 3, figs. 56-60 worker, queen, male described)