Dolichoderus obliteratus
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| Species: | †D. obliteratus
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| †Dolichoderus obliteratus (Scudder, 1877)
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Dolichoderus obliteratus is an extinct species of Miocene ant in the genus Dolichoderus. Described by Samuel Hubbard Scudder in 1877, only a fossilised wing of the species was found in Canada.[1]
References[]
- ^ Scudder, S. H. 1877a. Appendix to Mr. George M. Dawson's report. The insects of the Tertiary beds at Quesnel. Rep. Prog. Geol. Surv. Can. 1875-1876: 266-280 (page 267, wing described)
Categories:
- Dolichoderus
- Miocene insects
- Fossil taxa described in 1877
- Hymenoptera of North America
- Fossil ant taxa
- Dolichoderus stubs