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Dolichoderus evolans

Dolichoderus evolans is an extinct species of Miocene ant in the genus Dolichoderus. Described by Zhang in 1989, the fossilised species was discovered in China, where a possible queen has been described.

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Dolichoderus evolans
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Dolichoderinae
Genus: Dolichoderus
Species:
D. evolans
Binomial name
Dolichoderus evolans
Zhang, 1989

Dolichoderus evolans is an extinct species of Miocene ant in the genus Dolichoderus. Described by Zhang in 1989, the fossilised species was discovered in China, where a possible queen has been described.1

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  1. Zhang, J. 1989. Fossil insects from Shanwang, Shandong, China. Jinan, China: Shandong Science and Technology Publishing House, 459 pp. (page 275, fig. 276 queen ? described)