Dolichoderus obliteratus

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

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

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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