Dolichoderus vectensis Donisthorpe 1920 (ant)

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Formicidae

Full reference: H. S.t. J. Donisthorpe. 1920. British Oligocene Ants. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Series 9 6:81-94

Belongs to Dolichoderus according to G. M. Dlussky and K. S. Perfilieva 2014

See also Bolton 2012 and Donisthorpe 1920

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 kohlsi, 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 vexillarius, Dolichoderus vlaskini, Dolichoderus zherichini

Type specimen: BMNH I.9198, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Bembridge Marls (Brodie coll), which is in a Priabonian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal lime mudstone in the Bouldnor Formation of the United Kingdom.

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Eocene of the United Kingdom (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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