Dolichoderus tertiarius
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]
| Dolichoderus tertiarius Temporal range: | |
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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. tertiarius |
| Binomial name | |
| †Dolichoderus tertiarius (Mayr, 1868) | |
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References
- 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)
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