Dolichoderus longipennis

†Dolichoderus longipennis Temporal range: Priabonian, Late Eocene K Pa Eo Ol Mi Pl Baltic amber, Baltic Sea region
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Dolichoderinae
Tribe:	Dolichoderini
Genus:	Dolichoderus
Species:	†D. longipennis
Binomial name
†Dolichoderus longipennis (Mayr, 1868)

Distribution

This taxon was described from Baltic amber, Baltic Sea region, Europe (Priabonian, Late Eocene).

Nomenclature

The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.

• †longipennis. †Hypoclinea longipennis Mayr, 1868c: 67, pl. 4, fig. 65 (m.) BALTIC AMBER (Eocene). Combination in Dolichoderus: Dalla Torre, 1893: 159. See also: Dlussky, 2002b: 63.

References

• Dalla Torre, K. W. von. 1893. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Vol. 7. Formicidae (Heterogyna). Leipzig: W. Engelmann, 289 pp. (page 159, Combination in Dolichoderus)

• Mayr, G. 1868c. Die Ameisen des baltischen Bernsteins. Beiträge zur Naturkunde Preussens. Königlichen Physikalisch-Ökonomischen Gesellschaft zu Königsberg 1: 1-102. [(31.xii).1868.] (page 67, pl. 4, fig. 65 male described)