''Dolichoderus kohlsi'' is an
extinct
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species of
Middle Eocene of
ant in the genus ''
Dolichoderus''. Described by Dlussky and Rasnitsyn in 2002, the fossils were discovered in the
United States.
[Dlussky, G.M. and Rasnitsyn, A.P. 2002. Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of formation Green river and some other Middle Eocene deposits of North America. ''Russian Entomological Journal'' 11: 411–436.]
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Eocene insects
Fossil taxa described in 2002
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Fossil ant taxa
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