Iridomyrmex coeruleus is a species of ant in the genus Iridomyrmex. Described in 2011, these ants are endemic to Australia and New Guinea.[1]

Iridomyrmex coeruleus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Dolichoderinae
Genus: Iridomyrmex
Species:
I. coeruleus
Binomial name
Iridomyrmex coeruleus
Heterick & Shattuck, 2011

References edit

  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.