Dolichoderus prolaminatus
†Dolichoderus prolaminatus Temporal range: Burdigalian, Early Miocene Dominican amber, Dominican Republic | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Dolichoderinae |
Tribe: | Dolichoderini |
Genus: | Dolichoderus |
Species: | †D. prolaminatus |
Binomial name | |
†Dolichoderus prolaminatus (Wilson, 1985) |
Identification
Distribution
This taxon was described from Dominican amber, Dominican Republic (Burdigalian, Early Miocene).
Castes
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- †prolaminatus. †Monacis prolaminata Wilson, 1985c: 20, fig. 3 (w.) DOMINICAN AMBER (Miocene). Combination in Dolichoderus: Shattuck, 1992c: 77.
Holotype: Museum of Comparative Zoology, without number.
Description
References
- Shattuck, S. O. 1992c. Generic revision of the ant subfamily Dolichoderinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Sociobiology 21: 1-181 (page 77, Combination in Dolichoderus)
- Wilson, E. O. 1985c. Ants of the Dominican amber (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). 3. The subfamily Dolichoderinae. Psyche (Camb.) 92: 17-37 (page 20, fig. 3 worker described)