''Dolichoderus vectensis'' 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 the

Oligocene The Oligocene ( ) is a geologic epoch of the Paleogene Period and extends from about 33.9 million to 23 million years before the present ( to ). As with other older geologic periods, the rock beds that define the epoch are well identified but the ...

ant in the genus '' Dolichoderus''. Described by Horace Donisthorpe in 1920, the fossils of the species were found in the United Kingdom.Donisthorpe, H. 1920b. British Oligocene ants. ''Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist.'' 9(6): 81-94 (page 88, pl. 5, fig. 6 queen described)

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vectensis Prehistoric insects of Europe Fossil taxa described in 1920 Fossil ant taxa Eocene species first appearances Rupelian species extinctions {{Dolichoderus-stub