Dolichoderus vexillarius
†Dolichoderus vexillarius Temporal range: Bartonian, Middle to Late Eocene 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. vexillarius |
Binomial name | |
†Dolichoderus vexillarius Wheeler, W.M., 1915 |
Identification
Distribution
This taxon was described from Baltic amber, Baltic Sea region, Europe (Bartonian, Middle to Late Eocene).
Castes
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- †vexillarius. †Dolichoderus (Hypoclinea) vexillarius Wheeler, W.M. 1915h: 83, fig. 37 (w.) BALTIC AMBER (Eocene). See also: Dlussky, 2002b: 65.
Description
References
- Wheeler, W.M. 1915i. The ants of the Baltic Amber. Schriften der Physikalisch-Ökonomischen Gesellschaft zu Königsberg 55: 1-142. (page 83, fig. 37 worker described)