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Iridomyrmex discors

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Iridomyrmex discors
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Dolichoderinae
Genus: Iridomyrmex
Species:
I. discors
Binomial name
Iridomyrmex discors
Forel, 1902
Synonyms
  • Iridomyrmex discors aeneogaster Wheeler, W.M., 1915
  • Iridomyrmex discors occipitalis Forel, 1907

Iridomyrmex discors is a species of ant in the genus Iridomyrmex. Described by Auguste-Henri Forel in 1920, it is endemic to Australia.[1] The ant is said to be a general predator or scavenger.[2]

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 2 January 2015.
  2. ^ Shattuck, S. O. (February 1996). "Revision of the Iridomyrmex discors Species-group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)" (PDF). Australian Journal of Entomology. 35 (1): 37–42. doi:10.1111/j.1440-6055.1996.tb01359.x.