Iridomyrmex shandongicus

Iridomyrmex shandongicus
Temporal range: Fossil
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Dolichoderinae
Genus: Iridomyrmex
Species: I. shandongicus
Binomial name
Iridomyrmex shandongicus
Zhang, 1989

Iridomyrmex shandongicus is an extinct species of ant in the genus Iridomyrmex. Described by Zhang in 1989, fossils were originally found in 1989, and out of all the fossils in the genus, this one has strongest support that it belongs in the genus.[1]

References

  1. Zhang, J. 1989. Fossil insects from Shanwang, Shandong, China. Jinan, China: Shandong Science and Technology Publishing House, 459 pp. (page 278, fig. 280 male described)
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