Dolichoderus tauricus

Dolichoderus tauricus
Temporal range: Miocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Dolichoderinae
Genus: Dolichoderus
Species: D. tauricus
Binomial name
Dolichoderus tauricus
Dlussky, 1981

Dolichoderus tauricus is an extinct species of Miocene ant in the genus Dolichoderus. Described by Dlussky in 1981, the fossils were found in Russia.[1]

References

  1. Dlussky, G. M. 1981a. Miocene ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of the USSR. Pp. 64-83 in: Vishnyakova, V. N., Dlussky, G. M., Pritykina, L. N. New fossil insects from the territories of the USSR. Tr. Paleontol. Inst. Akad. Nauk SSSR 183:1-87. (page 70, fig. 52 queen described)
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