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Dolichoderus antiquus

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Formicidae

Taxonomy
Dolichoderus (Hypoclinea) antiquus was named by Carpenter (1930). Its type specimen is MCZ 2798, an exoskeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Florissant (MCZ Collection), which is in a Chadronian lacustrine - large shale in the Florissant Formation of Colorado.

It was recombined as Dolichoderus antiquus by Mackay (1993), Fernández and Sendoya (2004).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1930Dolichoderus (Hypoclinea) antiquus Carpenter p. 39 figs. Pl 4, fig 6; pl 9, fig 1; pl 10, fig 2
1993Dolichoderus antiquus Mackay p. 34
2004Dolichoderus antiquus Fernández and Sendoya p. 17

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
Deuteropoda
Mandibulata
PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
AltocrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
superclassAllotriocarida
Athalassocarida
LabiocaridaSchwentner et al. 2017
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
Cercofilata
classInsecta
Dicondylia
RankNameAuthor
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
Holometabola
Hymenopterida
orderHymenoptera
Unicalcarida
suborderApocritaGerstaecker 1867
Aculeata()
superfamilyFormicoidea
familyFormicidae()
Antennoclypeata
subfamilyDolichoderinae
tribeDolichoderini
genusDolichoderusLund 1831
speciesantiquus()

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Dolichoderus antiquus Carpenter 1930
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Created: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Modified: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range: Chadronian or 37.00000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9USA (Colorado) Dolichoderus antiquus (122093)
Chadronian37.0 - 33.9USA (Colorado) Dolichoderus antiquus (type locality: 106384 113749 123119 124002 124680 127617)