Dolichoderus vexillarius

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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

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