Liometopum escheri

†Liometopum escheri; Temporal range: Miocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Dolichoderinae
Tribe:	Tapinomini
Genus:	Liometopum
Species:	†L. escheri
Binomial name
	†Liometopum escheri; (Heer, 1867)

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]

References

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.

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[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.