Dolichoderus tertiarius

†Dolichoderus tertiarius; Temporal range: Middle to Late Eocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓ Baltic amber
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Dolichoderinae
Genus:	Dolichoderus
Species:	†D. tertiarius
Binomial name
	†Dolichoderus tertiarius; (Mayr, 1868)

Dolichoderus tertiarius is an extinct species of Eocene ant in the genus Dolichoderus. Described by Mayr in 1868, fossils of a worker, queen and male were discovered and described in the Baltic amber.^[1]

References

^ Mayr, G. 1868c. Die Ameisen des baltischen Bernsteins. Beitr. Naturkd. Preuss. 1: 1-102 (page 62, pl. 3, figs. 56-60 worker, queen, male described)

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[1] Mayr, G. 1868c. Die Ameisen des baltischen Bernsteins. Beitr. Naturkd. Preuss. 1: 1-102 (page 62, pl. 3, figs. 56-60 worker, queen, male described)

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