Protonym: Iridomyrmex gracilis var. minor
Authorship Forel, 1915b: 80
Forms w.q.
Bioregion Australasia
Locality AUSTRALIA (Western Australia, Queensland)
Primary type information Primary type material: lectotype worker (by designation of Heterick & Shattuck, 2011: 104). Primary type locality: lectotype Australia: Western Australia, Kimberly Dist. (E. Mjöberg). Primary type depository: MHNG.
Secondary type information Secondary type material: 34 paralectotype workers, 1 paralectotype queen. Secondary type localities: 11 paralectotype workers with same data as lectotype, 9 paralectotype workers Western Australia, Noonkanbah (E. Mjöberg), 6 paralectotype workers, 1 paralectotype queen Queensland, Atherton (E. Mjöberg), 3 paralectotype workers Queensland, Yarrabah (E. Mjöberg), 4 paralectotype workers Queensland, Cooktown (E. Mjöberg). Secondary type depositories: ANIC, MHNG, NHMB, OXUM, USNM (perhaps also NHRS).
Type notes 1) Other original syntype material from Western Australia, Port Hedland (E. Mjöberg) and Queensland, Cape York (E. Mjöberg), was not located by Shattuck, 1994: 105, nor by Heterick & Shattuck, 2011: 104. 2) Other original syntype material (2 workers, 3 queens) from Western Australia, Perth (E. Mjöberg), was excluded from Iridomyrmex minor and identified as Iridomyrmex suchieri by Heterick & Shattuck, 2011: 104.
Taxa belonging to this protonym
Iridomyrmex gracilis minor Subspecies Obsolete combination
an obsolete combination of Iridomyrmex minor Forel, 1915
Original combination
Iridomyrmex minor Species Valid