Dolichoderus nanus
Dolichoderus nanus Temporal range:
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Holotype worker in Baltic amber | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Dolichoderinae |
Genus: | Dolichoderus |
Species: | †D. nanus
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Binomial name | |
†Dolichoderus nanus Dlussky, 2002
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Dolichoderus nanus is an extinct species of Eocene ant in the genus Dolichoderus. Described by Dlussky in 2002, a fossilised worker was discovered in the Baltic amber.[1]
References[]
- ^ Dlussky, G. M. 2002a. Ants of the genus Dolichoderus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from the Baltic and Rovno ambers. Paleontol. Zh. 2002 (1): 54-68 (page 67, worker described)
Categories:
- Dolichoderus
- Eocene insects
- Prehistoric insects of Europe
- Fossil taxa described in 2002
- Fossil ant taxa
- Dolichoderus stubs