Iridomyrmex azureus

Iridomyrmex azureus Viehmeyer, 1914 valid

Iridomyrmex bicknelli var. azureus Viehmeyer, 1914b: 41 (w.) AUSTRALIA (South Australia). Australasia.

Primary type information: Primary type material: syntype workers (number not stated). Primary type locality: Australia: South Australia, Killalpaninna (no collector’s name). Primary type depositories: ANIC, MHNG, MNHU, NHMB, SIZK, USNM (perhaps also SMTD). Type notes: 1) Baroni Urbani, 1977e: 76, cites 2 worker syntypes in NHMB. 2) Shattuck, 1994: 101, cites 5 worker syntypes (1 ANIC, 1 MHNG, 2 NHMB, 1 USNM). 3) Radchenko et al., 2024: 283, cite 1 worker syntype in SIZK.

Subspecies of Iridomyrmex bicknelli: Taylor & Brown, 1985: 96; Taylor, 1987a: 31; Shattuck, 1994: 101; Bolton, 1995b: 217.
Status as species: Heterick & Shattuck, 2011: 48 (redescription).

Obsolete combinations

Iridomyrmex bicknelli azureus

Citations

Baroni Urbani, C. 1977e. Katalog der Typen von Formicidae (Hymenoptera) der Sammlung des Naturhistorischen Museums Basel (2. Teil). Mitteilungen der Entomologischen Gesellschaft Basel (n.s.)27:61-102. PDF
Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
Heterick, B. E.; Shattuck, S. 2011. Revision of the ant genus Iridomyrmex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Zootaxa 2845:1-174. PDF
Radchenko, A. G.; Fisher, B. L.; Esteves, F. A.; Martynova, E. V.; Bazhenova, T. N.; Lasarenko, S. N. 2024. Ant type specimens (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) in the collection of Volodymyr Opanasovych Karawajew. Communication 2. Dolichoderinae. Zootaxa 5432 (2):279-288. 10.11646/zootaxa.5432.2.7 PDF
Shattuck, S. O. 1994. Taxonomic catalog of the ant subfamilies Aneuretinae and Dolichoderinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). University of California Publications in Entomology 112:i-xix, 1-241. PDF
Taylor, R. W. 1987a. A checklist of the ants of Australia, New Caledonia and New Zealand (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization) Division of Entomology Report 41:1-92. PDF
Taylor, R. W.; Brown, D. R. 1985. Formicoidea. Zoological Catalogue of Australia 2:1-149, 306-348.
Viehmeyer, H. 1914b ("1913"). Neue und unvollständig bekannte Ameisen der alten Welt. Archiv für Naturgeschichte (A)79(12):24-60. PDF

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