Iridomyrmex obscurans Carpenter, 2011
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https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2845.1.1 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5294086 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/F72587FD-70D9-FF3F-FF73-EA038BD8FA69 |
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Felipe |
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Iridomyrmex obscurans Carpenter |
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incertae sedis |
Iridomyrmex obscurans Carpenter View in CoL , incertae sedis
Iridomyrmex obscurans Carpenter, 1930: 51 View in CoL .
Types. Holotype queen from the United States (Oligocene).
Comments. When describing this species Carpenter (1930) commented that it “is one of the most obscure of the Florissant ants, since nothing but the more general features are known”. Unfortunately little has changed over the past 90 years and this species remains essentially unknown. While there is little rigorous data to suggest it belongs in Iridomyrmex , placement in another genus would be just as tenuous and therefore it remains in Iridomyrmex as incertae sedis.
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Iridomyrmex obscurans Carpenter
| Heterick, Brian E. & Shattuck, Steve 2011 |
Iridomyrmex obscurans
| Carpenter, F. M. 1930: 51 |