| Authorship | Forel, 1910b: 53 | 
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| Forms | w. | 
| Bioregion | Australasia | 
| Locality | AUSTRALIA (Queensland) | 
| Primary type information | Primary type material: syntype workers (number not stated). Primary type localities: Australia: Queensland, Mackay (G. Turner), Queensland, Townsville (W.W. Froggatt). Primary type depositories: ANIC, MHNG. | 
| Type notes | Shattuck, 1993a: 135, and Heterick & Shattuck, 2011: 136, cite 9 worker syntypes, all from Mackay (3 ANIC, 6 MHNG). | 
| Iridomyrmex detectus sanguineus | Subspecies | 
Obsolete combination
 an obsolete combination of Iridomyrmex sanguineus Forel, 1910 
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Original combination | 
| Iridomyrmex sanguineus | Species | Valid |