+IRIDOMYRMEX Mayr
(Dolichoderinae: ---)

Iridomyrmex purpureus (Fr. Smith, 1858 Ref.1223): 40 - Worker; Type locality: Melbourne [37/144], Victoria (Formica purpurea) (Current Combination: Mayr, 1862 Ref.1906: 702).

= detectus (Fr. Smith, 1858 Ref.1223): 36 - Queen; Type locality: Hunter River [32/151], New South Wales (Formica detecta) (Synonymy: Lowne; 1865a Ref.2961: 275).

= aeneus (Mayr, 1862 Ref.1906): 704 - Queen; Type locality: New Holland (Liometopum aeneum) (Synonymy: Mayr; 1876 Ref.1923: 81).

= smithii (Lowne, 1865a Ref.2961): 276 - Worker; Type locality: Sydney [33/151], New South Wales (Formica smithii) (Synonymy: Mayr; 1870 Ref.1921: 955

= horni Kirby, 1896 Ref.3780: 205 - Worker (nec Queen, following designation of a worker lectotype from the original syntype series by Shattuck; 1993a Ref.6472: 132); Type locality: Palm Creek [24/132], Northern Territory (Camponotus horni) (Synonymy: Shattuck; 1993a Ref.6472: 128).

= castrae Viehmeyer, 1925a Ref.1439: 31 - Worker; Type locality: Liverpool [33/150], New South Wales (Iridomyrmex detectus castrae) (Synonymy: Shattuck; 1993a Ref.6472: 128).

      

Reference(s)

1223
 Smith, Fr. 1858. 1858 1223 Catalogue of hymenopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part 6. Formicidae. London: British Museum 216 pp 14 pls (27. iii. 1858).
1439
 Viehmeyer, H. 1925a. 1925 1439 Formiciden der australischen faunenregion. Entomologische Mitteilungen 14: 25-39.
1906
 Mayr, G.L. 1862. 1862 1906 Myrmecologische studien. Verhandlungen der Zoologische-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 12: 649-776 pl 19.
1921
 Mayr, G.L. 1870. 1870 1921 Neue formiciden. Verhandlungen der Zoologische-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 20: Abhand. 939-996 (31. xii. 1870).
1923
 Mayr, G.L. 1876. 1876 1923 Die australischen formiciden. Journal des Museum Godeffroy 5: 56-115.
2961
 Lowne, B.T. 1865a. 1865 2961 Contributions to the natural history of Australian ants. Entomologist 2: 275-280.
3780
 Kirby, W.F. 1896. 1896 3780 Hymenoptera. in Spencer, B. (ed.). Report on the work of the Horn Scientific Expedition to Central Australia. Melbourne: Melville, Mullen and Slade. Part 1 supplement 203-209.
6472
 Shattuck, S.O. 1993a. 1993 6472 Revision of the Iridomyrmex purpureus species group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Invertebrate Taxonomy 7: 113-149.