Iridomyrmex splendens

Iridomyrmex splendens
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Dolichoderinae
Genus:	Iridomyrmex
Species:	I. splendens
Binomial name
	Iridomyrmex splendens; Forel, 1907
Synonyms
	Iridomyrmex vicina Clark, 1934;

Iridomyrmex splendens is a species of ant in the genus Iridomyrmex. Described by Auguste-Henri Forel in 1907, the ant is mainly distributed in the southern regions of Australia, commonly found in dry sclerophyll woodland, and nests are found under logs.^[1]

References edit

^ 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.

External links edit

Media related to Iridomyrmex splendens at Wikimedia Commons

This Iridomyrmex-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

[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 2 January 2015.

[1]