Iridomyrmex purpureus

Iridomyrmex purpureus

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 Subphylum: Crustacea Superclassis: Allotriocarida Classis: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Cladus: Metapterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Endopterygota Superordo: Hymenopterida Ordo: Hymenoptera Subordo: Apocrita Superfamilia: Formicoidea

Familia: Formicidae
Subfamilia: Dolichoderinae
Tribus: Leptomyrmecini
Genus: Iridomyrmex
Species: Iridomyrmex purpureus

Name

Iridomyrmex purpureus (Smith, 1858)

Synonyms

• Formica purpurea Smith, 1858
  • Iridomyrmex purpureus (Smith, 1858)
• Iridomyrmex greensladei Shattuck, 1993 [Heterick & Shattuck, in press (New synonym)]

References

cited sources

• Heterick, B.E.; Shattuck, S. (in press): Revision of the ant genus Iridomyrmex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae).

Additional references

• Conversano, J. et al. 2014: Background odour may impair detection of chemical signals for social recognition. Austral entomology, 53(4): 432–435. DOI: 10.1111/aen.12087 Reference page. 
• Shattuck, S.O. 1993: Revision of the Iridomyrmex purpureus species-group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Invertebrate taxonomy, 7: 113–149. DOI: 10.1071/IT9930113