Iridomyrmex spurcus

Iridomyrmex spurcus is a species of ant in the genus Iridomyrmex. Described by William Morton Wheeler in 1915, the ant has a large extensive distribution in Australia.[1]

Iridomyrmex spurcus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Hymenoptera
Family:
Formicidae
Subfamily:
Dolichoderinae
Genus:
Iridomyrmex
Species:
I. spurcus
Binomial name
Iridomyrmex spurcus
Wheeler, W.M., 1915

References
  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 5 January 2015.


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