Dolichoderus brevipalpis

Dolichoderus brevipalpis
Temporal range: Middle to Late Eocene

Baltic amber

Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Dolichoderinae
Genus: Dolichoderus
Species: D. brevipalpis
Binomial name
Dolichoderus brevipalpis
Dlussky, 2008

Dolichoderus brevipalpis is an extinct species of ant in the genus Dolichoderus. Described by Dlussky in 2008, the ant is from the Eocene epoch, being discovered in the Baltic Amber.[1]

References

  1. Dlussky, G.M. 2008b. Novye vidy murav’ev roda Dolichoderus pozdneyeotsenovykh yantarei Evropy. Vestnik Zoologii 46: 497-514. PDF
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