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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 ...
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.
Dolichoderinae is a subfamily of ants, which includes species such as the Argentine ant (Linepithema humile), the erratic ant, the odorous house ant, and the cone ant.The subfamily presents a great diversity of species throughout the world, distributed in different biogeographic realms, from the Palearctic, Nearctic, Afrotropical region and Malaysia, to the Middle East, Australian, and ...
Pages in category "Iridomyrmex" The following 86 pages are in this category, out of 86 total. ... Iridomyrmex purpureus; Iridomyrmex reburrus; Iridomyrmex roseatus;
Iridomyrmex omalonotus Heterick & Shattuck, 2011 [286] Iridomyrmex pallidus Forel, 1901 [287] Iridomyrmex phillipensis Heterick & Shattuck, 2011 [288] Iridomyrmex prismatis Shattuck, 1993 [289] Iridomyrmex purpureus (Smith, 1858) [290] [123] [291] – Meat ant; Iridomyrmex reburrus Shattuck, 1993 [292] – Bearded meat ant
Meat ant (Iridomyrmex purpureus) feeding on honey. Myrmecology (/ m ɜːr m ɪ ˈ k ɒ l ə dʒ i /; from Greek: μύρμηξ, myrmex, "ant" and λόγος, logos, "study") is a branch of entomology focusing on the study of ants.
Iridomyrmex mccooki: Forelius mccooki [60] Froggattella: Forel 1902 2 Acantholepis kirbii: Froggattella kirbii [61] Gracilidris: Wild & Cuezzo 2006 2 Gracilidris pombero: Gracilidris pombero [62] Iridomyrmex: Mayr 1862 84 Formica detecta: Iridomyrmex purpureus [22] [63] †Kotshkorkia: Dlussky 1981 1 †Kotshkorkia laticeps — [64] †Ktunaxia ...