Iridomyrmex mapesi

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]

Iridomyrmex mapesi
Temporal range: Fossil
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I. mapesi
Binomial name
Iridomyrmex mapesi
Wilson, 1985

References

  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)


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