Dolichoderus polonicus

Dolichoderus polonicus is an extinct species of Eocene ant in the genus Dolichoderus. Described by Dlussky in 2002, a fossilised worker was discovered in the Baltic amber.[1]

†Dolichoderus polonicus
Temporal range: Middle to Late Eocene
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Baltic amber
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Hymenoptera
Family:
Formicidae
Subfamily:
Dolichoderinae
Genus:
Dolichoderus
Species:
†D. polonicus
Binomial name
†Dolichoderus polonicus
Dlussky, 2002

References
  1. Dlussky, G. M. 2002a. Ants of the genus Dolichoderus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from the Baltic and Rovno ambers. Paleontol. Zh. 2002 (1): 54-68 (page 58, figs. 2a-2c worker described)


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