Iridomyrmex nitidus r. oceanicus Forel, 1901c: 20 (w.q.m.) NEW GUINEA (Papua New Guinea). Australasia.

Primary type information: Primary type material: syntype workers, syntype queens, syntype males (numbers not stated). Primary type locality: Papua New Guinea: Bismarck Archipelago, New Britain I., Ralum (F. Dahl). Primary type depositories: MHNG, NHMB, OXUM. Type notes: 1) In the original description Forel, 1901c: 21, records that nests with alate queens and males were dated 1.vi.1896, 4.vii.1896, 18.vii.1896, and 20.x.1896. 2) Baroni Urbani, 1977e: 76, cites 3 worker syntypes in NHMB. 3) Shattuck, 1994: 134, cites 36 worker, 12 queen, 18 male syntypes (32w, 12q, 18m MHNG, 3w NHMB, 1w OXUM).

Infrasubspecies

• I. n. o. victorianus Stitz, 1911