Iridomyrmex rubriceps

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Iridomyrmex rubriceps Forel, 1902 valid

Iridomyrmex gracilis r. rubriceps Forel, 1902j: 468 (w.) AUSTRALIA (Queensland). Australasia.

Primary type information: Primary type material: syntype workers (number not stated). Primary type locality: Australia: Queensland, Mackay (G. Turner). Primary type depositories: ANIC, BMNH, MCZC, MHNG, NHMB. Type notes: 1) Baroni Urbani, 1977e: 75, cites 1 worker syntype in NHMB. 2) Shattuck, 1994: 105, cites 13 worker syntypes (2 ANIC, 2 MCZC, 8 MHNG, 1 NHMB). 3) Heterick & Shattuck, 2011: 130, cite 18 worker syntypes.

Subspecies of Iridomyrmex gracilis: Emery, 1913a: 25; Forel, 1915b: 80; Santschi, 1928e: 472; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 99; Taylor, 1987a: 32; Shattuck, 1994: 105; Bolton, 1995b: 219.
Status as species: Heterick & Shattuck, 2011: 130 (redescription).

Obsolete combinations

Iridomyrmex gracilis rubriceps

Citations

Baroni Urbani, C. 1977e. Katalog der Typen von Formicidae (Hymenoptera) der Sammlung des Naturhistorischen Museums Basel (2. Teil). Mitteilungen der Entomologischen Gesellschaft Basel (n.s.)27:61-102.
Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
Emery, C. 1913a ("1912"). Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Dolichoderinae. Genera Insectorum 137:1-50. PDF
Forel, A. 1902j. Fourmis nouvelles d'Australie. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 10:405-548. PDF
Forel, A. 1915b. Results of Dr. E. Mjöbergs Swedish Scientific Expeditions to Australia 1910-13. 2. Ameisen. Arkiv för Zoologi 9(16):1-119. PDF
Heterick, B. E.; Shattuck, S. 2011. Revision of the ant genus Iridomyrmex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Zootaxa 2845:1-174. PDF
Santschi, F. 1928e. Nouvelles fourmis d'Australie. Bulletin de la Société Vaudoise des Sciences Naturelles 56:465-483. PDF
Shattuck, S. O. 1994. Taxonomic catalog of the ant subfamilies Aneuretinae and Dolichoderinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). University of California Publications in Entomology 112:i-xix, 1-241. PDF
Taylor, R. W. 1987a. A checklist of the ants of Australia, New Caledonia and New Zealand (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization) Division of Entomology Report 41:1-92. PDF
Taylor, R. W.; Brown, D. R. 1985. Formicoidea. Zoological Catalogue of Australia 2:1-149, 306-348.

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