Dolichoderus vectensis
Dolichoderus vectensis Temporal range:
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Holotype queen in marl | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Dolichoderinae |
Genus: | Dolichoderus |
Species: | †D. vectensis
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Binomial name | |
†Dolichoderus vectensis Donisthorpe, 1920
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Dolichoderus vectensis is an extinct species of the Oligocene ant in the genus Dolichoderus. Described by Donisthorpe in 1920, the fossils of the species were found in the United Kingdom.[1]
References[]
- ^ Donisthorpe, H. 1920b. British Oligocene ants. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 9(6): 81-94 (page 88, pl. 5, fig. 6 queen described)
Categories:
- Dolichoderus
- Prehistoric insects of Europe
- Fossil taxa described in 1920
- Fossil ant taxa
- Eocene species first appearances
- Rupelian species extinctions
- Dolichoderus stubs