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
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L. bogdassarovi
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Liometopum bogdassarovi
Nazaraw, Bagdasaraw & Uriew, 1994

References

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


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