Myopopone sinensis

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Myopopone sinensis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Genus: Myopopone
Species:
M. sinensis
Binomial name
Myopopone sinensis
Zhang, 1989

Myopopone sinensis is an extinct species of ant in the genus Myopopone . Fossils were discovered in 1989 in China, and was later described by Zhang in that year. [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 260, fig. 266 queen described)