Dolichoderus mesosternalis
Species of ant
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Dolichoderus mesosternalis is an extinct species of Eocene ant in the genus Dolichoderus. Described by William Morton Wheeler in 1915, a fossilised worker of the species was found in the Baltic amber.[1]
| Dolichoderus mesosternalis Temporal range: | |
|---|---|
| Worker in Baltic amber | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Dolichoderinae |
| Genus: | Dolichoderus |
| Species: | †D. mesosternalis |
| Binomial name | |
| †Dolichoderus mesosternalis Wheeler, 1915 | |