Iridomyrmex spadius

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Iridomyrmex spadius
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Dolichoderinae
Genus: Iridomyrmex
Species:
I. spadius
Binomial name
Iridomyrmex spadius
Shattuck, 1993

Iridomyrmex spadius is a species of ant in the genus Iridomyrmex . Described by Shattuck in 1993, localised populations of the species can be found in Queensland, Australia. [1] [2]

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References

  1. Shattuck, S. O. 1993a. Revision of the Iridomyrmex purpureus species-group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Invertebr. Taxon. 7: 113-149 (page 138, figs. 7, 17 worker described)
  2. Shattuck, Brian E. Heterick & Steve (2011). Revision of the ant genus Iridomyrmex (Hymenoptera : Formicidae) (PDF). Auckland, N.Z.: Magnolia Press. ISBN   978-1-86977-676-3 . Retrieved 2 January 2015.