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The meat ant (Iridomyrmex purpureus), also known as the gravel ant or southern meat ant, is a species of ant endemic to Australia. A member of the genus Iridomyrmex in the subfamily Dolichoderinae , it was described by British entomologist Frederick Smith in 1858.
The genus Iridomyrmex was first described by Austrian entomologist Gustav Mayr in 1862, [6] but it had no designated type species until 1903. [4] By then, the type species was designated as Formica detecta, a synonym of Iridomyrmex purpureus. [7] [8] The genus was placed in the subfamily Dolichoderinae in 1878, the same year the subfamily was ...
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The species is a part of the Iridomyrmex purpureus group, and is among the most familiar ant the Australian public is affiliated with. [4] A typical worker is a medium-sized ant in comparison to its relatives within its genus, and will have a broad head, with a blue or yellowish-green iridescence on the workers gaster.
Iridomyrmex lividus is a species of ant in the genus Iridomyrmex. Described by Shattuck in 1993, the ant is endemic to Australia and resembles a similar appearance to the Meat ant (Iridomyrmex purpureus). [1] [2]
The Argentine ant (Linepithema humile, formerly Iridomyrmex humilis) is an ant native to northern Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay, Bolivia and southern Brazil. [1]
The following is the list of critically endangered (CR) and endangered (EN) species included in the National List of Threatened Terrestrial Fauna of the Philippines as per DENR Administrative Order 2019-09. [1] The list below currently does not include fauna classified as vulnerable (VU) and other threatened species (OTS).
Iridomyrmex spodipilus is a species of ant in the genus Iridomyrmex. Described by Shattuck in 1993, the ant is endemic to Australia , and specimens have only been found in from Fowlers Gap in New South Wales , while foraging on low shrub and grassland.