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Acanthostichus hispaniolicus
| †Acanthostichus hispaniolicus 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: | Dorylinae |
| Genus: | Acanthostichus |
| Species: | †A. hispaniolicus |
| Binomial name | |
| †Acanthostichus hispaniolicus De Andrade, 1998 | |
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.
- †hispaniolicus. †Acanthostichus hispaniolicus De Andrade, 1998c: 272, figs. 1, 2 (w.) DOMINICAN AMBER (Dominican Republic, Miocene).
Holotype: Staatliches Museum fur Naturkunde Stuttgart, no. DO-5205-1.
Description
References
- De Andrade, M. L. 1998b. First description of fossil Acanthostichus from Dominican amber (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Mitt. Schweiz. Entomol. Ges. 71: 269-274 (page 272, figs. 1, 2 worker described)