Iridomyrmex breviantennis

Irdomyrmex breviantennis is an extinct species of ant which belongs to the genus Iridomyrmex. The first fossils was officially described by Théobald in 1937. A fossil of a queen was observed from Kleinkems in Efringen-Kirchen in Bade-Wurtemberg.[2][3]

Iridomyrmex breviantennis
Temporal range: Lutetian
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Dolichoderinae
Genus: Iridomyrmex
Species:
I. breviantennis
Binomial name
Iridomyrmex breviantennis

References

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  1. ^ "Iridomyrmex breviantennis (Theobald, 1937)". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 30 March 2014.
  2. ^ Shattuck, S.O. (1992). Review of the dolichoderine ant genus Iridomyrmex Mayr with descriptions of three new genera (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). p. 15.
  3. ^ Theobald, N (1937). Les insectes fossiles des terrains oligocènes de France. France. pp. 209, pl. 4, figs. 5, 7 pl. 14, fig. 20 queen described.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)