Iridomyrmex leucomelas Emery, 1894h: 378 (footnote) (w.q.) BRAZIL (Rio Grande do Sul). Neotropic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: lectotype worker (by designation of Wild, 2007a: 81). Primary type locality: lectotype Brazil: Rio Grande do Sul (H. von Jhering). Primary type depository: USNM. Secondary type information: Secondary type material: 1 paralectotype worker. Secondary type locality: same as for lectotype. Secondary type depository: USNM. Type notes: 1) Other original syntype locality: workers (number not stated) and 1 queen from Brazil: Santa Catarina (J.P. Schmalz). 2) Other paralectotypes probably also in MHNG (Shattuck, 1994: 126), MSNG).