Dolichoderus intermedius

†Dolichoderus intermedius; Temporal range: Dominican amber
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Dolichoderinae
Genus:	Dolichoderus
Species:	†D. intermedius
Binomial name
	†Dolichoderus intermedius; Mackay, W.P., 1993

Dolichoderus intermedius is an extinct species of Miocene ant in the genus Dolichoderus. Described by Mackay in 1993, a fossilised worker was found in the Dominican amber, although the specific locality has not been given.[1][2]

References

MacKay, W.P. 1993b. A review of the New World ants of the genus Dolichoderus. Sociobiology 22: 1-148. [(31.xii).1993.] PDF (page 64, fig. 6 worker described)
Shattuck, Steven O. (1994). Taxonomic catalog of the ant subfamilies Aneuretinae and Dolichoderinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Berkeley u.a.: Univ. of California Press. p. 54. ISBN 978-0520097872.

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[1] MacKay, W.P. 1993b. A review of the New World ants of the genus Dolichoderus. Sociobiology 22: 1-148. [(31.xii).1993.] PDF (page 64, fig. 6 worker described)

[2] Shattuck, Steven O. (1994). Taxonomic catalog of the ant subfamilies Aneuretinae and Dolichoderinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Berkeley u.a.: Univ. of California Press. p. 54. ISBN 978-0520097872.