Insecta - Hymenoptera - Formicidae
Alternative combinations: Dolichoderus caribbaea, Monacis caribbaea
Full reference: E. O. Wilson. 1985. Ants of the Dominican Amber (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) 3. The Subfamily Dolichoderinae. Psyche 92(1):17-37
Belongs to Dolichoderus according to F. Fernández and S. Sendoya 2004
See also Mackay 1993, Spahr 1987 and Wilson 1985
Sister taxa: Dolichoderus affectus, Dolichoderus antiquus, Dolichoderus balticus, Dolichoderus brevicornis, Dolichoderus brevipalpis, Dolichoderus brevipennis, Dolichoderus bruneti, 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 vectensis, Dolichoderus vexillarius, Dolichoderus vlaskini, Dolichoderus zherichini
Type specimen: Its type locality is Dominican Amber (MCZ collection), which is in a Burdigalian/Langhian terrestrial amber in the Dominican Republic
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Miocene of the Dominican Republic (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
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