Iridomyrmex mattiroloi is a species of ant in the genus Iridomyrmex. Described by Carlo Emery in 1898, the species is only endemic to Tasmania in Australia, commonly seen foraging on low vegetation.[1][2]
| Iridomyrmex mattiroloi | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Dolichoderinae |
| Genus: | Iridomyrmex |
| Species: | I. mattiroloi
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| Binomial name | |
| Iridomyrmex mattiroloi Emery, 1898
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References
edit- ^ Emery, C. 1898b. Descrizioni di formiche nuove malesi e australiane. Note sinonimiche. Rend. Sess. R. Accad. Sci. Ist. Bologna (n.s.) 2: 231-245 (page 236, fig. 8 worker described)
- ^ 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.