''Dolichoderus robustus'' is an
extinct
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species of
Eocene ant in the genus ''
Dolichoderus''. Described by Dlussky in 2002, a fossilised worker was discovered in the
Rivne amber.
[Dlussky, G. M. 2002a. Ants of the genus ''Dolichoderus'' (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from the Baltic and Rovno ambers. ''Paleontol. Zh.'' 2002 (1): 54-68 (page 65, worker described)]
References
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Eocene insects
Prehistoric insects of Europe
Fossil taxa described in 2002
Fossil ant taxa
Rovno amber
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