Dolichoderus intermedius
†Dolichoderus intermedius Temporal range: Dominican amber
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†Dolichoderus intermedius Mackay, W.P., 1993
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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.
Categories:
- Dolichoderus
- Fossil taxa described in 1993
- Miocene insects
- Hymenoptera of North America
- Fossil ant taxa
- Dolichoderus stubs