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Dolichoderus prolaminatus

Dolichoderus prolaminatus is an extinct species of Miocene ant in the genus Dolichoderus. The fossils were found in the Dominican Amber, and was described by Wilson in 1985.

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Dolichoderus prolaminatus
Temporal range: Dominican amber
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Dolichoderinae
Genus: Dolichoderus
Species:
D. prolaminatus
Binomial name
Dolichoderus prolaminatus
(Wilson, 1985)

Dolichoderus prolaminatus is an extinct species of Miocene ant in the genus Dolichoderus. The fossils were found in the Dominican Amber, and was described by Wilson in 1985.1

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References

  1. Wilson, E. O. 1985c. Ants of the Dominican amber (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). 3. The subfamily Dolichoderinae. Psyche: A Journal of Entomology 92: 17-37 (page 20 worker described)