Liometopum potamophilum

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Liometopum potamophilum
Temporal range: Miocene
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Dolichoderinae
Genus: Liometopum
Species:
L. potamophilum
Binomial name
Liometopum potamophilum
Zhang, 1989

Liometopum potamophilum is an extinct species of Miocene ant in the genus Liometopum . Described by Zhang in 1989, the fossils were found in China. [1]

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References

  1. Zhang, J. 1989. Fossil insects from Shanwang, Shandong, China. Jinan, China: Shandong Science and Technology Publishing House, 459 pp. (page 280, fig. 281 male described)