Iridomyrmex

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Formicoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Hymenopterida Ordo: Hymenoptera Subordo: Apocrita Superfamilia: Formicoidea

Familia: Formicidae
Subfamilia: Dolichoderinae
Tribus: Leptomyrmecini
Genus: Iridomyrmex
Species (79 + 5†): I. adstringatus – I. agilis – I. alpinus – I. anceps – I. anderseni – I. angusticeps – I. anteroinclinus – I. atypicus – I. azureus – I. bicknelli – I. bigi – I. brennani – I. brunneus – I. calvus – I. cappoinclinus – I. cephaloinclinus – I. chasei – I. coeruleus – I. conifer – I. continentis – I. cuneiceps – I. cupreus – I. curvifrons – I. cyaneus – I. difficilis – I. discors – I. dromus – I. elongatus – I. exsanguis – I. fulgens – I. galbanus – I. gibbus – I. gumnos – I. hartmeyeri – I. hertogi – I. hesperus – I. infuscus – I. innocens – I. lividus – I. longisoma – I. luteoclypeatus – I. macrops – I. mattiroloi – I. mayri – I. meridianus – I. minor – I. mirabilis – I. mjobergi – I. neocaledonica – I. niger – I. nudipes – I. obscurior – I. obsidianus – I. omalonotus – I. pallidus – I. phillipensis – I. prismatis – I. purpureus – I. reburrus – I. roseatus – I. rufoinclinus – I. rufoniger – I. rubriceps – I. sanguineus – I. setoconus – I. spadius – I. splendens – I. spodipilus – I. spurcus – I. suchieri – I. suchieroides – I. tenebrans – I. tenuiceps – I. trigonoceps – I. turbineus – I. victorianus – I. viridiaeneus – I. viridigaster – I. xanthocoxa – †I. shandongicus – ?†I. breviantennis – ?†I. florissantius – ?†I. mapesi – ?†I. obscurans

Name

Iridomyrmex Mayr, 1862: 702

Type species: Formica detecta Smith, 1858
- Fixation: Subsequent designation by Bingham, 1903: 297

References

Heterick, B.E. & Shattuck, S. 2011. Revision of the ant genus Iridomyrmex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Zootaxa 2845: 1–174. Preview Reference page.

Additional references

Shattuck, S.O. 1992: Review of the dolichoderine ant genus Iridomyrmex Mayr with descriptions of three new genera (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Journal of the Australian Entomological Society, 31: 13–18. DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-6055.1992.tb00453.x PDF
Shattuck, S.O. 1993: Revision of the Iridomyrmex purpureus species-group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Invertebrate taxonomy, 7: 113–149. DOI: 10.1071/IT9930113
Shattuck, S.O. 1993: Revision of the Iridomyrmex calvus species-group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Invertebrate taxonomy, 7: 1303–1325. DOI: 10.1071/IT9931303
Shattuck, S.O. 1996: Revision of the Iridomyrmex discors species-group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Australian journal of entomology, 35: 37–42. DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-6055.1996.tb01359.x PDF
Shattuck, S.O.; McMillan, P. 1998: Revision of the species of the Iridomyrmex conifer group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), with notes on their biology. Australian journal of zoology, 46: 301–315. DOI: 10.1071/ZO98033
Zhang, J. 1989: Fossil insects from Shanwang, Shandong, China. Shandong Science and Technology Publishing House, Jinan, China.