Iridomyrmex anceps

Iridomyrmex anceps

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Formicoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Hymenopterida Ordo: Hymenoptera Subordo: Apocrita Superfamilia: Formicoidea

Familia: Formicidae
Subfamilia: Dolichoderinae
Tribus: Leptomyrmecini
Genus: Iridomyrmex
Species: Iridomyrmex anceps
Synonyms (9): I. discoidalis – I. excisus – I. formosae – I. ignobilis – I. meinerti – I. metallescens – I. papuanus – I. sikkimensis – I. watsonii

Name

• Iridomyrmex anceps (Roger, 1863)
  • Primary type: neotype [validity not checked]
    • Fixation: Heterick & Shattuck, 2011: 42
    • Description: [adult] 'top specimen on a pin of two workers'
    • Repository: ANIC ANIC32-036430
  • Type locality: 'Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia'

Combinations

• Formica anceps: original combination

Primary references

• Heterick, B.E. & Shattuck, S. 2011. Revision of the ant genus Iridomyrmex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Zootaxa 2845: 1–174. Preview Reference page.  [neotype designation, see p. 40]

References

• Hoffmann, B.D.; Andersen, A.N.; Zhang, X. 2011: Taxonomic confusion of two tramp ant species: Iridomyrmex anceps and Ochetellus glaber are really species complexes. Current zoology 57(5): 662–667. Abstract and full article (PDF) Reference page.