Iridomyrmex glaber var. sommeri Forel, 1902j: 473 (w.) NEW CALEDONIA. Australasia.

Primary type information: Primary type material: syntype workers (number not stated). Primary type locality: New Caledonia: (no further data) (Sommer). Primary type depositories: MHNG, NHMB. Type notes: 1) Shattuck, 1994: 132, cites 14 worker, 1 queen, 2 male syntypes; queen and male are not mentioned in the original description. 2) New Caledonia localities listed by Shattuck, 1994 include Mt Canala, Lake Bogota, Tchalabel, and Mt Yaté; some or all of these may represent original syntype localities.

Infrasubspecies

• I. g. s. janthina Emery, 1914