Iridomyrmex anceps

Iridomyrmex anceps is an ant species of the genus Iridomyrmex. It has a very large distribution on multiple continents, but it is mainly distributed in northern Australia. Some specimens were found on multiple islands, and some were even found and collected in the United Arab Emirates.[1][2]

Iridomyrmex anceps
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Dolichoderinae
Genus: Iridomyrmex
Species:
I. anceps
Binomial name
Iridomyrmex anceps
Roger, 1863

Iridomyrmex anceps has a similar appearance to Iridomyrmex agilis.[3] It was described by Julius Roger in 1863.[4]

I. anceps is one of the most common attendant ants for larvae of the imperial hairstreak butterfly, Jalmenus evagoras. [5]

I. anceps from Thailand

References
  1. Taylor R.W., Wilson, E.O. (1967). The ants of Polynesia (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). p. 78.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. Roger, J (1863). Die neu aufgeführten Gattungen und Arten meines Formiciden-Verzeichnisses nebst Ergänzung einiger früher gegebenen Beschreibungen. Berlin. p. 164.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  3. Taylor, R.W. (1987). A checklist of the ants of Australia, New Caledonia and New Zealand (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). CSIRO. p. 33.
  4. Heterick, B.E. (2011). Revision of the ant genus Iridomyrmex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) (PDF). Melbourne: Zootaxa.
  5. Biology of Australian butterflies. Kitching, R. L. (Roger Laurence), 1945-, CSIRO (Australia). Collingwood, VIC, Australia: CSIRO Pub. 1999. ISBN 0643050272. OCLC 40792921.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)


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