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Species: Iridomyrmex mattiroloi Emery, 1898

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Classification:

Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Dolichoderinae
Genus: Iridomyrmex
Species: mattiroloi

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Taxonomic History (provided by Barry Bolton, 2023)

Iridomyrmex mattiroloi Emery, 1898b: 236, fig. 8 (w.) AUSTRALIA (Tasmania). Australasia. Primary type information: Primary type material: syntype workers (number not stated). Primary type locality: Australia: Tasmania (Bicknell). Primary type depositories: MHNG, MSNG. Type notes: Shattuck, 1994 PDF: 107, cites only 1 worker syntype MHNG. AntCat AntWiki HOL

Taxonomic history

[Misspelled as mattiroli by Emery, 1913a PDF: 25.]

Crozier, 1969a PDF: 249 (k.)

Status as species: Emery, 1913a PDF: 25; Clark, 1934c PDF: 63; Clark, 1938: 373; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 100; Taylor, 1987a PDF: 32; Shattuck, 1994 PDF: 107; Bolton, 1995b: 218; Heterick, 2009 PDF: 53; Heterick & Shattuck, 2011 PDF: 100 (redescription).

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Distribution:

  Geographic regions (According to curated Geolocale/Taxon lists):
    Oceania: Australia
  Biogeographic regions (According to curated Bioregion/Taxon lists):
    Australasia

Specimen Habitat Summary

Found most commonly in these habitats: 1 times found in Coastal heath vegetation, 1 times found in Lookout summit, 1 times found in Beekeeping site.

Found most commonly in these microhabitats: 1 times On woodpile near Christ College, 1 times flowers Leptosperum sp., 1 times Roadside verge vegetation mostly grasses, 1 times On young foliage Eucalyptus sp., 1 times on Eucryphia lucida flowers, 1600hrs, 1 times on Eucryphia lucida flowers, 1530hrs, 1 times Nests under rock, 1 times nest under rock, 1 times in leaf litter, 1 times In decomposing grass clippings, 1 times Flowering Leptospermum sp., ...

Collected most commonly using these methods: 4 times Sweeping, 1 times Sweeping live Allocasuarina verticillata.

Collect Date Range: collected between 1913-12-31 00:00:00.0 and 1993-12-06 00:00:00.0

Type specimens: syntype of Iridomyrmex mattiroloi: casent0905057

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