Liometopum escheri is an extinct species of Miocene ant in the genus Liometopum. Described by Heer in 1867, fossils of the species were found in Switzerland.[1]

Liometopum escheri
Temporal range: Miocene
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Dolichoderinae
Genus: Liometopum
Species:
L. escheri
Binomial name
Liometopum escheri
(Heer, 1867)

References edit

  1. ^ Dlussky, Gennady M.; Putyatina, Tatyana S. (1 June 2014). "Early Miocene ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from Radoboj, Croatia" (PDF). Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen. 272 (3): 237–285. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.692.9292. doi:10.1127/0077-7749/2014/0409. Retrieved 18 January 2015.