Dolichoderus balticus is an extinct species of Eocene ant in the genus Dolichoderus. Described by Mayr in 1868, the fossils of a worker, queen and male of the species were discovered in the Baltic Amber.[1]

Dolichoderus balticus
Temporal range: Middle to Late Eocene
Worker in Baltic amber
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Dolichoderinae
Genus: Dolichoderus
Species:
D. balticus
Binomial name
Dolichoderus balticus
(Mayr, 1868)
Synonyms
  • Hypoclinea baltica

References

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  1. ^ Mayr, G. 1868c. Die Ameisen des baltischen Bernsteins. Beiträge zur Naturkunde Preussens. Königlichen Physikalisch-Ökonomischen Gesellschaft zu Königsberg 1: 1-102. [(31.xii).1868.] PDF (page 64, pl. 3, figs. 61-63; pl. 4, fig. 64 worker, queen, male described) PDF