''Iridomyrmex mapesi'' is an

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species of ant in the genus ''

Iridomyrmex ''Iridomyrmex'' is a genus of ants called rainbow ants (referring to their blue-green iridescent sheen) first described by Austrian entomologist Gustav Mayr in 1862. He placed the genus in the subfamily Dolichoderinae of the family Formicida ...

''. Described by Wilson in 1985 in the

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, the fossil found is in a considered poor conditionWilson, 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)

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Hymenoptera of North America Fossil taxa described in 1985 Fossil ant taxa {{Iridomyrmex-stub