Species Iridomyrmex rufoniger (Lowne, 1865)

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• Iridomyrmex rufoniger domestica Forel, A. 1910. Formicides australiens reçus de M. M. Froggatt et Rowland Turner. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 18: 1-94 [51].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) GMNH W,Q, M, Howlong, Richmond near Sydney, NSW; ANIC W, Howlong, Richmond near Sydney, NSW.
• Iridomyrmex rufoniger septentrionalis Forel, A. 1902. Fourmis nouvelles d'Australie. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 10: 405-548 [465].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) GMNH W,Q, M, Mackay, QLD; ANIC W, Mackay, QLD.
• Formica rufonigra Lowne, B.T. 1865. Contributions to the natural history of Australian ants. The Entomologist 2: 275-280 [279].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) BMNH (probable) *W, Sidney (=Sydney), NSW.
• Acantholepis mamillatus Lowne, B.T. 1865. Contributions to the natural history of Australian ants. The Entomologist 2: 331-336 [333].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) BMNH (probable) *W, Sidney (=Sydney), NSW.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Heterick, B.E. & Shattuck, S.O. 2011. Revision of the ant genus Iridomyrmex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Zootaxa 2845: 1-174 [133]

Distribution

States

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

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

ACT, NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Channel Country (CHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Central Ranges (CR), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gascoyne (GAS), Gawler (GAW), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Gulf Plains (GUP), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Jarrah Forest (JF), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Murchison (MUR), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Pilbara (PIL), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)

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