Insecta - Hymenoptera - Formicidae
Full reference: G. M. Dlussky and A. P. Rasnitsyn. 2002. Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Formation Green River and some other middle Eocene deposits of North America. Russian Entomological Journal 11:411-436
Belongs to Dolichoderus according to B. Bolton 2012
See also Dlussky and Rasnitsyn 2002
Sister taxa: Dolichoderus affectus, Dolichoderus antiquus, Dolichoderus balticus, Dolichoderus brevicornis, Dolichoderus brevipalpis, Dolichoderus brevipennis, Dolichoderus bruneti, Dolichoderus caribbaeus, Dolichoderus coquandi, Dolichoderus cornutus, Dolichoderus dibolius, Dolichoderus dlusskyi, Dolichoderus elegans, Dolichoderus evolans, Dolichoderus explicans, Dolichoderus granulinotus, Dolichoderus heeri, Dolichoderus jiaoyanshanensis, Dolichoderus kutscheri, Dolichoderus kutschlinicus, Dolichoderus lacinius, Dolichoderus longipennis, Dolichoderus longipilosus, Dolichoderus lucidus, Dolichoderus luridivenosus, Dolichoderus mesosternalis, Dolichoderus nanus, Dolichoderus oviformis, Dolichoderus passaloma, Dolichoderus passalomma, Dolichoderus perkovskyi, Dolichoderus pilipes, Dolichoderus pinguis, Dolichoderus polessus, Dolichoderus polonicus, Dolichoderus primitivus, Dolichoderus prolaminatus, Dolichoderus punctatus, Dolichoderus robustus, Dolichoderus rohweri, Dolichoderus sculpturatus, Dolichoderus tavridus, Dolichoderus tertiarius, Dolichoderus thoracicus, Dolichoderus transversipetiolaris, Dolichoderus vectensis, Dolichoderus vexillarius, Dolichoderus vlaskini, Dolichoderus zherichini
Type specimen: USNM 495905, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Anvil Points, Kohls locality 40193, which is in a Bridgerian lacustrine - large lime mudstone in the Green River Formation of Colorado.
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (7: Colorado collections)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence
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