Dolichoderus_cornutus

<i>Dolichoderus cornutus</i>

Dolichoderus cornutus

Species of ant

Dolichoderus cornutus is an extinct species of Eocene ant in the genus Dolichoderus. Described by Mayr in 1868, the fossils were discovered in the Baltic amber, where a fossilised worker ant was only described, and it is presumed these ants existed at least 40 million years ago.[1]

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References

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    Mayr, G. 1868c. Die Ameisen des baltischen Bernsteins. Beitr. Naturkd. Preuss. 1: 1-102 (page 61, pl. 3, fig. 52 worker described)


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