Dolichoderus heeri is a recently discovered extinct species of Miocene ant in the genus Dolichoderus. Described by Dlussky and Putyatina in 2014, the fossils were found in Radoboj in Croatia.[1]

Dolichoderus heeri
Temporal range: Burdigalian
Paratype queen
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Dolichoderinae
Genus: Dolichoderus
Species:
D. heeri
Binomial name
Dolichoderus heeri
Dlussky & Putyatina, 2014

References

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  1. ^ Dlussky, Gennady M.; Putyatina, Tatyana S. (1 June 2014). "Early Miocene ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from Radoboj, Croatia" (PDF). Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen. 272 (3): 237–285. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.692.9292. doi:10.1127/0077-7749/2014/0409. Retrieved 18 January 2015.