Iridomyrmex mattiroloi

Iridomyrmex mattiroloi is a species of ant in the genus Iridomyrmex. Described by Carlo Emery in 1898, the species is only endemic to Tasmania in Australia, commonly seen foraging on low vegetation.[1][2]

Iridomyrmex mattiroloi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Dolichoderinae
Genus: Iridomyrmex
Species:
I. mattiroloi
Binomial name
Iridomyrmex mattiroloi
Emery, 1898

References

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  1. ^ Emery, C. 1898b. Descrizioni di formiche nuove malesi e australiane. Note sinonimiche. Rend. Sess. R. Accad. Sci. Ist. Bologna (n.s.) 2: 231-245 (page 236, fig. 8 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.