Iridomyrmex discors

Iridomyrmex discors
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Dolichoderinae
Genus:	Iridomyrmex
Species:	I. discors
Binomial name
	Iridomyrmex discors; Forel, 1902
Synonyms
	Iridomyrmex discors aeneogaster Wheeler, W.M., 1915 ; Iridomyrmex discors occipitalis Forel, 1907 ;

Iridomyrmex discors is a species of ant in the genus Iridomyrmex. Described by Auguste-Henri Forel in 1920, it is endemic to Australia.^[1] The ant is said to be a general predator or scavenger.^[2]

References

^ 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.
^ Shattuck, S. O. (February 1996). "Revision of the Iridomyrmex discors Species-group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)" (PDF). Australian Journal of Entomology. 35 (1): 37–42. doi:10.1111/j.1440-6055.1996.tb01359.x.

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[Shattuck-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.

[2] Shattuck, S. O. (February 1996). "Revision of the Iridomyrmex discors Species-group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)" (PDF). Australian Journal of Entomology. 35 (1): 37–42. doi:10.1111/j.1440-6055.1996.tb01359.x.

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