Iridomyrmex mimulus

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Iridomyrmex mimulus
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Iridomyrmex viridigaster)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Dolichoderinae
Tribe: Leptomyrmecini
Genus: Iridomyrmex
Species: Iridomyrmex mimulus
Shattuck, 1993

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

Nomenclature

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

  • mimulus. Iridomyrmex mimulus Shattuck, 1993b: 1317, figs. 14, 15, 36 (w.) AUSTRALIA. Junior synonym of viridigaster: Heterick & Shattuck, 2011: 156.


References

  • Shattuck, S. O. 1993b. Revision of the Iridomyrmex calvus species-group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Invertebr. Taxon. 7 7: 1303-1325 (page 1317, figs. 14, 15, 36 worker described)