| †Iridomyrmex mapesi Temporal range: Fossil
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Dolichoderinae |
| Genus: | Iridomyrmex |
| Species: | I. mapesi
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| Binomial name | |
| Iridomyrmex mapesi Wilson, 1985
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Iridomyrmex mapesi is an extinct species of ant in the genus Iridomyrmex. Described by Wilson in 1985 in the United States, the fossil found is in a considered poor condition[1]
References[edit]
- ^ Wilson, E. O. 1985f. Ants from the Cretaceous and Eocene amber of North America. Psyche (Camb.) 92: 205-216 (page 211, figs. 4, 5 worker described)