Iridomyrmex meinerti

Iridomyrmex meinerti
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Iridomyrmex anceps)
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Dolichoderinae
Tribe:	Leptomyrmecini
Genus:	Iridomyrmex
Species:	Iridomyrmex meinerti Forel, 1901

This taxon is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Iridomyrmex anceps.

Nomenclature

The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.

• meinerti. Iridomyrmex meinerti Forel, 1901b: 22 (q.) NEW GUINEA (Bismarck Archipelago). Junior synonym of anceps: Heterick & Shattuck, 2011: 40.

References

• Forel, A. 1901b. Formiciden aus dem Bismarck-Archipel, auf Grundlage des von Prof. Dr. F. Dahl gesammelten Materials. Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin 2: 4-37. (page 22, queen described)