Dolichoderus perkovskyi

Dolichoderus perkovskyi

Middle to Late Eocene

Rovno amber and the Scandinavian amber

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

Dolichoderus perkovskyi is an extinct species of Eocene ant in the genus Dolichoderus. Described by Dlussky in 2008, fossils of the species have been found in multiple ambers, notably the Rovno amber and the Scandinavian 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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