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]
| †Iridomyrmex shandongicus Temporal range: Fossil
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Dolichoderinae |
| Genus: | Iridomyrmex |
| Species: | I. shandongicus
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| Binomial name | |
| Iridomyrmex shandongicus Zhang, 1989
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References edit
- ^ 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)