Iridomyrmex melleus var. fuscescens Wheeler, 1908a: 153 (w.) PUERTO RICO. Neotropic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: lectotype worker (by designation of Wild, 2007a: 68). Primary type locality: lectotype Puerto Rico: Monte Mandios, iii.1906 (W.M. Wheeler). Primary type depository: MCZC. Secondary type information: Secondary type material: 5 paralectotype workers. Secondary type locality: same as for lectotype. Secondary type depositories: MCZC, USNM. Type notes: 1) Other original syntype locality: Puerto Rico: Monte Morales, iii.1906 (W.M. Wheeler) (invalid restriction of type locality by Kempf, 1972b: 126; no lectotype designated). 2) Shattuck, 1994: 126, cites 9 worker syntypes (7 MCZC, 2 USNM).