Dolichoderus Kutscheri
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''Dolichoderus kutscheri'' is an extinct species of ant in the genus ''
Dolichoderus ''Dolichoderus'' is a genus of ants found worldwide. Taxonomy The ants of the Neotropical genus ''Monacis'' were revised in 1959 by Kempf. However, Brown in 1973 and G. C. Wheeler and J. Wheeler in 1973 and 1976 considered both ''Monacis'' and ' ...
''. Described by Dlussky in 2008, the fossils of the species were found in the
Bitterfeld amber The Baltic region is home to the largest known deposit of amber, called Baltic amber or succinite. It was produced sometime during the Eocene epoch, but exactly when is controversial. It has been estimated that these forests created more than 1 ...
, and is most likely to be from the Late Oligocene.Dlussky, G.M. 2008b. Novye vidy murav’ev roda Dolichoderus pozdneyeotsenovykh yantarei Evropy. ''Vestnik Zoologii'' 46: 497-514.


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Oligocene insects Prehistoric insects of Europe Fossil taxa described in 2008 Fossil ant taxa {{Dolichoderus-stub