Dolichoderus caribbaeus

Dolichoderus caribbaeus
Temporal range: Early Miocene

Dominican amber

Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Dolichoderinae
Genus: Dolichoderus
Species: D. caribbaeus
Binomial name
Dolichoderus caribbaeus
(Wilson, 1985)

Dolichoderus caribbaeus is an extinct species of ant in the genus Dolichoderus. Remains were found in the Dominican Amber, and they were described by Wilson in 1985.[1]

References

  1. Wilson, E. O. 1985c. Ants of the Dominican amber (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). 3. The subfamily Dolichoderinae. Psyche (Cambridge) 92: 17-37 (page 19, fig. 2 worker described)
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