• Lowne, 1865a: 275 (m.); Imai et al., 1977: 345 (k.)
• Combination in Iridomyrmex: Mayr, 1862: 702
• Combination in Hypoclinea: Mayr, 1876: 79.
• Status as species: Mayr, 1862: 702; Roger, 1863b: 13; Mayr, 1863a: 424; Mayr, 1865: 60; Lowne, 1865a: 275; Mayr, 1870b: 958 (in key); Mayr, 1876: 79 (in key); Emery, 1887a: 249; Stitz, 1911a: 368; Clark, 1930c: 20; Greaves, 1971: 15; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 102; Taylor, 1987a: 33; Shattuck, 1993a: 128 (redescription); Shattuck, 1994: 109; Bolton, 1995b: 218; Heterick & Shattuck, 2011: 124 (redescription).
• Senior synonym of Iridomyrmex aeneum: Mayr, 1876: 81; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 102; Taylor, 1987a: 33; Shattuck, 1993a: 128; Shattuck, 1994: 109; Bolton, 1995b: 218; Heterick & Shattuck, 2011: 124.
• Senior synonym of Iridomyrmex detectus castrae: Shattuck, 1993a: 128; Shattuck, 1994: 109; Bolton, 1995b: 218; Heterick & Shattuck, 2011: 124.
• Senior synonym of Iridomyrmex detectus: Lowne, 1865a: 275; Mayr, 1876: 81; Dalla Torre, 1893: 168; André, 1896d: 260 (in key); Forel, 1902j: 465; Emery, 1913a: 24; Clark, 1938: 373; Greaves, 1971: 15; Greenslade, 1974a: 247; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 102; Taylor, 1987a: 33; Shattuck, 1993a: 128; Shattuck, 1994: 109; Bolton, 1995b: 218; Heterick & Shattuck, 2011: 124.
• [Note: Dalla Torre, 1893: 168; André, 1896d: 260 (in key); Forel, 1902j: 465; Emery, 1913a: 24; Clark, 1938: 373 give Iridomyrmex detectus as senior synonym, but Iridomyrmex purpureus has priority.]
• Senior synonym of Iridomyrmex greensladei: Heterick & Shattuck, 2011: 124.
• Senior synonym of Iridomyrmex horni: Shattuck, 1993a: 128; Shattuck, 1994: 109; Bolton, 1995b: 218; Heterick & Shattuck, 2011: 124.
• Senior synonym of Iridomyrmex smithii: Mayr, 1870b: 955; Mayr, 1876: 81; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 102; Taylor, 1987a: 33; Shattuck, 1993a: 128; Shattuck, 1994: 109; Bolton, 1995b: 218; Heterick & Shattuck, 2011: 124.

Junior synonyms

• Iridomyrmex aeneum (Mayr, 1862)
  Obsolete combination(s): Liometopum aeneum
• Iridomyrmex detectus (Smith, 1858)
  Obsolete combination(s): Formica detecta
• Iridomyrmex detectus castrae Viehmeyer, 1925
• Iridomyrmex greensladei Shattuck, 1993
• Iridomyrmex horni (Kirby, 1896)
  Obsolete combination(s): Camponotus horni
• Iridomyrmex smithii (Lowne, 1865)
  Obsolete combination(s): Formica smithii

Obsolete combinations

• Formica purpurea

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