Dolichoderus dibolius
†Dolichoderus dibolius 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. dibolius |
Binomial name | |
†Dolichoderus dibolius 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.
- †dibolius. †Dolichoderus dibolia Wilson, 1985c: 18, fig. 1 (w.) DOMINICAN AMBER (Miocene). See also: Mackay, 1993b: 49.
Holotype: Florida State Collection of Arthropods , without number.
Description
References
- Mackay, W. P. 1993b. A review of the New World ants of the genus Dolichoderus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Sociobiology 22: 1-148 (page 49, see also)
- Wilson, E. O. 1985c. Ants of the Dominican amber (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). 3. The subfamily Dolichoderinae. Psyche (Camb.) 92: 17-37 (page 18, fig. 1 worker described)