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Iridomyrmex breviantennis
| †Iridomyrmex breviantennis Temporal range: Early Oligocene Kleinkems, Germany | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Dolichoderinae |
| Tribe: | Leptomyrmecini |
| Genus: | Iridomyrmex |
| Species: | †I. breviantennis |
| Binomial name | |
| †Iridomyrmex breviantennis Théobald, 1937 | |
This is an impression fossil of a queen. There is so little morphological detail available that rigorous generic placement is nearly impossible. As such, and following Shattuck (1992), it is here left in Iridomyrmex but this placement is little more than speculation and it is considered incertae sedis in the genus.
Identification
Distribution
This taxon was described from Kleinkems, Germany (Early Oligocene).
Biology
Castes
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- †breviantennis. †Iridomyrmex breviantennis Théobald, 1937b: 209, pl. 4, figs. 5, 7; pl. 14, fig. 20 (q.) FRANCE (Oligocene). Provisionally retained in Iridomyrmex: Shattuck, 1992a: 15. Unidentifiable taxon, incertae sedis in Iridomyrmex: Heterick & Shattuck, 2011: 167.
Type Material
- Holotype, queen, France (Oligocene).
Description
References
- Shattuck, S. O. 1992a. Review of the dolichoderine ant genus Iridomyrmex Mayr with descriptions of three new genera (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). J. Aust. Entomol. Soc. 31: 13-18 (page 15, provisionally retained in Iridomyrmex)
- Theobald, N. 1937a. Les insectes fossiles des terrains oligocènes de France. Nancy: G. Thomas, 473 pp. (page 209, pl. 4, figs. 5, 7 pl. 14, fig. 20 queen described)