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
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I. breviantennis
Binomial name
Iridomyrmex breviantennis

References

  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.


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