Iridomyrmex victorianus

Iridomyrmex victorianus
Scientific classification
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;

Iridomyrmex victorianus is a species of ant in the genus Iridomyrmex. Described by 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]

References[]

^ 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.

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[Shattuck-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.

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