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Iridomyrmex mapesi

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Iridomyrmex mapesi
Temporal range: Fossil
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Dolichoderinae
Genus: Iridomyrmex
Species:
I. mapesi
Binomial name
Iridomyrmex mapesi
Wilson, 1985

Iridomyrmex mapesi is an extinct species of ant in the genus Iridomyrmex. Described by Wilson in 1985 in the United States, the fossil found is in a considered poor condition[1]

References

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  1. ^ Wilson, E. O. 1985f. Ants from the Cretaceous and Eocene amber of North America. Psyche (Camb.) 92: 205-216 (page 211, figs. 4, 5 worker described)