†Iridomyrmex shandongicus Zhang 1989 (ant)
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Insecta - Hymenoptera - Formicidae
Full reference: J. F. Zhang. 1989. Fossil Insects From Shanwang, Shandong, China 1-459
Belongs to Iridomyrmex according to B. E. Heterick and S. Shattuck 2011
See also Bolton 2012 and Zhang 1989
Sister taxa: Iridomyrmex breviantennis, Iridomyrmex florissantius, Iridomyrmex mapesi, Iridomyrmex obscurans
Type specimen: 830127, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Shanwang, Linqu County, collection 3, which is in a Burdigalian lacustrine - large mudstone in the Shanwang Formation of China.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Shanwang, Linqu County, collection 3
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