Species: †Dolichoderus longipilosus Dlussky, 2002

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Classification:

Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Dolichoderinae
Genus: Dolichoderus
Species: longipilosus

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Taxonomic History (provided by Barry Bolton, 2017)

†Dolichoderus longipilosus Dlussky, 2002A PDF: 57, figs. 2e, 2f (w.) BALTIC AMBER (Eocene). AntCat AntWiki HOL

Distribution Notes:

Baltic amber; middle to Late Eocene (34-42 Ma).

Comments:

Holotype PIN 964/462 in Paleontological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia.

Taxonomic Notes:

A key to species of Dolichoderus from Eocene-Oligocene European ambers is given in Dlussky, 2008.

References:

Dlussky G. M. 2002. Ants of the genus Dolichoderus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from the Baltic and Rovno ambers. Paleontological Journal, 36(1): 50-63.
Dlussky G. M. 2008. New species of ants of the genus Dolichoderus (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from Late Eocene ambers of Europe. Vestnik Zoologii, 42: 497-514. [in Russian].

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