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Iridomyrmex pallidus

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Iridomyrmex pallidus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Dolichoderinae
Genus: Iridomyrmex
Species:
I. pallidus
Binomial name
Iridomyrmex pallidus
Forel, 1901
Synonyms
  • Iridomyrmex rufoniger incertus Forel, 1902
  • Iridomyrmex wingi Donisthorpe, 1949

Iridomyrmex pallidus is a species of ant in the genus Iridomyrmex. Described by Auguste-Henri Forel in 1901, the ant is endemic to Australia, New Guinea and the Solomon Islands, and their preferred habitats include tropical rainforests and eucalypt forest.[1]

References

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  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 2 January 2015.