''Dolichoderus granulinotus'' is an
extinct
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species of
Eocene ant in the genus ''
Dolichoderus''. Described by Dlussky in 2008, the species fossils were discovered in the
Baltic amber.
[Dlussky, G.M. 2008b. Novye vidy murav’ev roda Dolichoderus pozdneyeotsenovykh yantarei Evropy. ''Vestnik Zoologii'' 46: 497-514.]
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Eocene insects
Prehistoric insects of Europe
Fossil taxa described in 2008
Fossil ant taxa
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