Iridomyrmex hesperus

Iridomyrmex hesperus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Genus:	Iridomyrmex
Species:	I. hesperus
Binomial name
	Iridomyrmex hesperus; Shattuck, 1993

Iridomyrmex hesperus is a species of ant in the genus Iridomyrmex. Described by Shattuck in 1993, not much is known about the ant, other than its populations are mostly confined in Western Australia.[1][2]

References

Shattuck, S. O. 1993. Revision of the Iridomyrmex calvus species-group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Invertebr. Taxon. 7 7: 1303-1325 (page 1316, figs. 24, 25 worker described)
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.

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[shat-1] Shattuck, S. O. 1993. Revision of the Iridomyrmex calvus species-group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Invertebr. Taxon. 7 7: 1303-1325 (page 1316, figs. 24, 25 worker described)

[Shattuck-2] 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.