Dolichoderus balticus
Dolichoderus balticus is an extinct species of Eocene ant in the genus Dolichoderus. Described by Mayr in 1868, the fossils of a worker, queen and male of the species were discovered in the Baltic Amber.[1]
| Dolichoderus balticus | |
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| Worker in Baltic amber | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Dolichoderinae |
| Genus: | Dolichoderus |
| Species: | †D. balticus |
| Binomial name | |
| †Dolichoderus balticus (Mayr, 1868) | |
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References
- Mayr, G. 1868c. Die Ameisen des baltischen Bernsteins. Beiträge zur Naturkunde Preussens. Königlichen Physikalisch-Ökonomischen Gesellschaft zu Königsberg 1: 1-102. [(31.xii).1868.] PDF (page 64, pl. 3, figs. 61-63; pl. 4, fig. 64 worker, queen, male described) PDF
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