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Iridomyrmex obscurans
Temporal range: Fossil
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Dolichoderinae
Genus: Iridomyrmex
Species:
I. obscurans
Binomial name
Iridomyrmex obscurans
Carpenter, 1930

Iridomyrmex obscurans is an extinct species of ant in the subfamily Dolichoderinae. Described by Frank Carpenter in 1930, the fossil was discovered in the United States, but unfortunately nothing much is known about this ant. [1]

References

  1. ^ Carpenter, F. M. 1930. The fossil ants of North America. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 70:1-66. [1930-01] PDF 123533