Iridomyrmex detectus var. sanguinea Forel, 1910b: 53 (w.) AUSTRALIA (Queensland). Australasia.

Primary type information: Primary type material: syntype workers (number not stated). Primary type localities: Australia: Queensland, Mackay (G. Turner), Queensland, Townsville (W.W. Froggatt). Primary type depositories: ANIC, MHNG. Type notes: Shattuck, 1993a: 135, and Heterick & Shattuck, 2011: 136, cite 9 worker syntypes, all from Mackay (3 ANIC, 6 MHNG).