Insecta - Hymenoptera - Formicidae
Alternative combinations: Iridomyrmex hispaniola, Iridomyrmex hispaniolae, Linepithema hispaniolae
Full reference: E. O. Wilson. 1985. Ants of the Dominican Amber (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) 3. The Subfamily Dolichoderinae. Psyche 92(1):17-37
Belongs to Technomyrmex according to B. E. Heterick and S. Shattuck 2011
See also Brandão et al. 1999, Fernández and Sendoya 2004, Shattuck 1992, Spahr 1987 and Wilson 1985
Sister taxa: Technomyrmex caritatis, Technomyrmex deletus, Technomyrmex kemaensis, Technomyrmex septentrionalis, Technomyrmex svojtkai
Type specimen: Its type locality is Dominican amber, Las Bocas de Licey (MCZ coll), which is in a Burdigalian/Langhian terrestrial amber in the Dominican Republic
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Miocene of the Dominican Republic (9 collections)
Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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