Dolichoderus vectensis

Dolichoderus vectensis is an extinct species of Oligocene ant in the genus Dolichoderus. Described by Donisthorpe in 1920, the fossils of the species were found in the United Kingdom.[1]

Dolichoderus vectensis
Temporal range: Late Eocene to Early Oligocene
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Holotype queen in marl
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Dolichoderinae
Genus: Dolichoderus
Species:
†D. vectensis
Binomial name
†Dolichoderus vectensis
Donisthorpe, 1920

References
  1. Donisthorpe, H. 1920b. British Oligocene ants. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 9(6): 81-94 (page 88, pl. 5, fig. 6 queen described)


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