Iridomyrmex discors
| Iridomyrmex discors | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Dolichoderinae |
| Genus: | Iridomyrmex |
| Species: | I. discors |
| Binomial name | |
| Iridomyrmex discors Forel, 1902 | |
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Iridomyrmex discors is a species of ant in the genus Iridomyrmex. Described by Forel in 1920, it is endemic to Australia.[1] The ant is said to be a general predator or scavenger.[2]
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 2 January 2015.
- ↑ Shattuck, S. O. 1996a. Revision of the Iridomyrmex discors species-group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Australian Journal of Entomology. 35: 37-42 PDF
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