Dolichoderus vectensis

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

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

References

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