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Iridomyrmex florissantius Carpenter 2011, incertae sedis
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Iridomyrmex florissantius Carpenter, incertae sedis
Iridomyrmex florissantius Carpenter, 1930: 50.
Types. Holotype queen from the United States (Oligocene).
Comments. This species, based on a series of impression fossil queens, is only tentatively placed in Iridomyrmex as very little morphological detail is available. It is unlikely that this species is related to modern Iridomyrmex, but so little information is available that it is extremely difficult to determine its true relationships. As such it is retained in Iridomyrmex as incertae sedis with strong reservations that it actually belongs here.
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Related works
- Is part of
- Journal article: 10.11646/zootaxa.2845.1.1 (DOI)
- Journal article: http://zenodo.org/record/5287811 (URL)
- Journal article: http://publication.plazi.org/id/0B1CFF85707EFF98FFE4EE558A0BFFC5 (URL)
- Is source of
- https://biodiversitypmc.sibils.org/collections/plazi/F72587FD70D9FF3FFF73EEC28F23FE0C (URL)
Biodiversity
- Scientific name authorship
- Carpenter
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Order
- Hymenoptera
- Family
- Formicidae
- Genus
- Iridomyrmex
- Species
- florissantius
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic status
- incertae sedis
- Type status
- holotype
- Taxonomic concept label
- Iridomyrmex florissantius , 2011
References
- Carpenter, F. M. (1930) The fossil ants of North America. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College, 70, 1 - 66.