Iridomyrmex rufoniger septentrionalis

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Iridomyrmex rufoniger septentrionalis Forel, 1902 junior synonym of current valid taxon Iridomyrmex rufoniger (Lowne, 1865)

Iridomyrmex rufoniger var. septentrionalis Forel, 1902j: 465 (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, MCZC, MHNG, NHMB. Type notes: 1) Baroni Urbani, 1977e: 76, cites 1 worker syntype in NHMB. 2) Shattuck, 1994: 111, cites 17 worker, 3 queen, 14 male syntypes (2w ANIC, 2w MCZC, 12w, 3q, 14m MHNG, 1w NHMB); but only workers are mentioned by Forel, 1901c: 23 (in text).

[First available use of Iridomyrmex rufoniger pallidus septentrionalis Forel, 1901c; unavailable (infrasubspecific) name.]
Subspecies of Iridomyrmex rufoniger: Emery, 1913a: 26; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 103; Taylor, 1987a: 33; Shattuck, 1994: 111; Bolton, 1995b: 219.
Junior synonym of Iridomyrmex rufoniger: Heterick & Shattuck, 2011: 133

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. PDF
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. 1901c. Formiciden aus dem Bismarck-Archipel, auf Grundlage des von Prof. Dr. F. Dahl gesammelten Materials. Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin 2:4-37.
Forel, A. 1902j. Fourmis nouvelles d'Australie. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 10:405-548. PDF
Heterick, B. E.; Shattuck, S. 2011. Revision of the ant genus Iridomyrmex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Zootaxa 2845:1-174. 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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