Dolichoderus intermedius

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Dolichoderus intermedius
Temporal range: Early Miocene
Dominican amber
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Formicidae
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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[]

  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.


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