Dolichoderus obliteratus

Dolichoderus obliteratus is an extinct species of Miocene ant in the genus Dolichoderus. Described by Samuel Hubbard Scudder in 1877, only a fossilised wing of the species was found in Canada.[1]

Dolichoderus obliteratus
Temporal range: Miocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Hymenoptera
Family:
Formicidae
Subfamily:
Dolichoderinae
Genus:
Dolichoderus
Species:
โ€ D. obliteratus
Binomial name
โ€ Dolichoderus obliteratus
(Scudder, 1877)

References
  1. Scudder, S. H. 1877a. Appendix to Mr. George M. Dawson's report. The insects of the Tertiary beds at Quesnel. Rep. Prog. Geol. Surv. Can. 1875-1876: 266-280 (page 267, wing described)


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