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Iridomyrmex florissantius Carpenter 2011, incertae sedis

Description

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.

Notes

Published as part of Heterick, Brian E. & Shattuck, Steve, 2011, Revision of the ant genus Iridomyrmex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) 2845, pp. 1-174 in Zootaxa 2845 (1) on page 168, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2845.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5287811

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Additional details

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.