Iridomyrmex discors
Iridomyrmex discors is a species of ant in the genus Iridomyrmex. Described by Auguste-Henri Forel in 1920, it is endemic to Australia.[1] The ant is said to be a general predator or scavenger.[2]
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Dolichoderinae |
Genus: | Iridomyrmex |
Species: | I. discors |
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Iridomyrmex discors Forel, 1902 | |
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References
- 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.
- Shattuck, S. O. (February 1996). "Revision of the Iridomyrmex discors Species-group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)" (PDF). Australian Journal of Entomology. 35 (1): 37–42. doi:10.1111/j.1440-6055.1996.tb01359.x.
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