Liometopum bogdassarovi

Liometopum bogdassarovi is an extinct species of ant in the genus Liometopum, found in Belarus. Described by Nazaraw, Bagdasaraw and Uriew in 1994, the fossils are relatively young and are guessed to be from the Quaternary period, and was originally placed in the genus Iridomyrmex.[1]

Iridomyrmex bogdassarovi
Temporal range: Quaternary
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Dolichoderinae
Genus: Liometopum
Species:
L. bogdassarovi
Binomial name
Liometopum bogdassarovi
Nazaraw, Bagdasaraw & Uriew, 1994

References

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  1. ^ Heterick, B.E. & Shattuck, S.O. 2011. Revision of the ant genus Iridomyrmex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Zootaxa 2845: 1–174.