Species Iridomyrmex splendens Forel, 1907

Museums

Regional Maps

• Iridomyrmex mattiroloi splendens Forel, A. 1907. Formicidae. pp. 263–310 in Michaelsen, W. & Hartmeyer, R. (eds) Die Fauna Südwest-Australiens. Jena : G. Fischer Vol. 1. [290].

  Type data:

   Holotype GMNH W, Donnybrook and Albany, WA.
• Iridomyrmex vicina Clark, J. 1934. Ants from the Otway Ranges. Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria, Melbourne 8: 48-73 [62 pl. 4].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) NMV *W,Q, Beech Forest, VIC.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Heterick, B.E. & Shattuck, S.O. 2011. Revision of the ant genus Iridomyrmex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Zootaxa 2845: 1-174 [139]

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

ACT, NSW, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), King (KIN), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Pilbara (PIL), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR)

Ecological Descriptors

Noctidiurnal, omnivore, terrestrial, woodland.

Extra Ecological Information

Nest in ground layer.

History of changes