''Dolichoderus rohweri'' is an
extinct
Extinction is the termination of a kind of organism or of a group of kinds (taxon), usually a species. The moment of extinction is generally considered to be the death of the last individual of the species, although the capacity to breed and ...
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 Carpenter in 1930, the fossils of this species are only found in the
Florissant Formation, Colorado.
[Carpenter, F. M. 1930. The fossil ants of North America. ''Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool''. 70: 1-66 (page 8 ']
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References
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Fossil taxa described in 1930
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Fossil ant taxa
Florissant Formation
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