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: Middle to Late Eocene
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)
Synonyms
  • Hypoclinea tertiaria

References

  1. 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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