Iridomyrmex mattiroloi | |
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Scientific 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 |
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.
References
- 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)
- 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.
Taxon identifiers | |
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Iridomyrmex mattiroloi |
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