''Dolichoderus longipilosus'' is an extinct species of

Eocene The Eocene ( ) Epoch is a geological epoch that lasted from about 56 to 33.9 million years ago (mya). It is the second epoch of the Paleogene Period in the modern Cenozoic Era. The name ''Eocene'' comes from the Ancient Greek (''ēṓs'', " ...

ant Ants are eusocial insects of the family Formicidae and, along with the related wasps and bees, belong to the order Hymenoptera. Ants evolved from vespoid wasp ancestors in the Cretaceous period. More than 13,800 of an estimated total of 22,0 ...

in the genus '' Dolichoderus''. It was described by Dlussky in 2002, and the fossils of the species are only known from a fossilised worker that was found in the

Baltic 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 ...

.Dlussky, G. M. 2002a. Ants of the genus ''Dolichoderus'' (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from the Baltic and Rovno ambers. ''Paleontol. Zh.'' 2002 (1): 54-68

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Prehistoric insects of Europe Fossil taxa described in 2002 Fossil ant taxa Rovno amber {{Dolichoderus-stub