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Dolichoderus vectensis

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Formicidae

Taxonomy
Dolichoderus vectensis was named by Donisthorpe (1920). Its type specimen is BMNH I.9198, an exoskeleton, and it is a compression fossil. 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.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1920Dolichoderus vectensis Donisthorpe p. 88 figs. Pl 5, fig 6
2012Dolichoderus vectensis Bolton
2014Dolichoderus vectensis Dlussky and Perfilieva p. 412 figs. Pl 18, figs 2,3; text-fig 68A-C

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
RankNameAuthor
—Holometabola
—Hymenopterida
orderHymenoptera
—Unicalcarida
suborderApocritaGerstaecker 1867
—Aculeata()
superfamilyFormicoidea
familyFormicidae()
—Antennoclypeata
subfamilyDolichoderinae
tribeDolichoderini
genusDolichoderusLund 1831
speciesvectensis

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 vectensis Donisthorpe 1920
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Diagnosis
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