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 Temporal range:
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Dolichoderinae |
Genus: | Iridomyrmex |
Species: | †I. breviantennis
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Binomial name | |
†Iridomyrmex breviantennis |
References
edit- ^ "Iridomyrmex breviantennis (Theobald, 1937)". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 30 March 2014.
- ^ Shattuck, S.O. (1992). Review of the dolichoderine ant genus Iridomyrmex Mayr with descriptions of three new genera (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). p. 15.
- ^ 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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