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Iridomyrmex shandongicus

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Formicidae

Taxonomy
Iridomyrmex shandongicus was named by Zhang (1989). Its type specimen is 830127, an exoskeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Shanwang, Linqu County, collection 3, which is in a Burdigalian lacustrine - large mudstone in the Shanwang Formation of China.

It was considered a nomen dubium by Bolton (2012).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1989Iridomyrmex shandongicus Zhang p. 278 figs. Pl 71, fig 1; text-fig 280
2011Iridomyrmex shandongicus Heterick and Shattuck p. 168

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
RankNameAuthor
Holometabola
Hymenopterida
orderHymenoptera
Unicalcarida
suborderApocritaGerstaecker 1867
Aculeata()
superfamilyFormicoidea
familyFormicidae()
Antennoclypeata
subfamilyDolichoderinae
tribeLeptomyrmecini()
genusIridomyrmexMayr 1862
speciesshandongicus

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Created: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Modified: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Burdigalian or 20.44000 to 15.97000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97China (Shandong) Iridomyrmex shandongicus (type locality: 128551)