Iridomyrmex victorianus

Iridomyrmex victorianus is a species of ant in the genus Iridomyrmex. Described by Auguste-Henri Forel in 1902, the species distributed to the east coast in Australia. The species usually takes an opportunity of using other nests constructed by larger ants, usually abandoned, and some were found in a bull ant nest (Myrmecia pyriformis).[1]

Iridomyrmex victorianus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Dolichoderinae
Genus: Iridomyrmex
Species:
I. victorianus
Binomial name
Iridomyrmex victorianus
Forel, 1902
Synonyms
  • Iridomyrmex emeryi Crawley, 1918
  • Iridomyrmex mattiroloi parcens Forel, 1907

References

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  1. ^ 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 5 January 2015.