Iridomyrmex innocens
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Dolichoderinae |
| Genus: | Iridomyrmex |
| Species: | I. innocens
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| Iridomyrmex innocens Forel, 1907
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Iridomyrmex innocens is a species of ant in the genus Iridomyrmex. Described by Auguste-Henri Forel in 1907, the species is endemic to Australia, mainly confined in Western Australia, but the species is more common in areas with higher rainfalls within the Darling Ranges.[1][2]
References
[edit]- ^ Forel, A. 1907j. Formicidae. In: Michaelsen, W., Hartmeyer, R. (eds.) Die Fauna Südwest-Australiens. Band I, Lieferung 7. Jena: Gustav Fischer, pp. 263-310. (page 292, worker, queen, male 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.