Dolichoderus balticus

Dolichoderus balticus; Temporal range: Middle to Late Eocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
	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)
Synonyms
	Hypoclinea baltica;

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]

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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[1] 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