Iridomyrmecini
Iridomyrmecini | |
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Scientific classification (junior synonym of Leptomyrmecini) | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Dolichoderinae |
Tribe: | Iridomyrmecini Dubovidoff, 2005 |
Type genus | |
Iridomyrmex |
This taxon is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Leptomyrmecini.
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- IRIDOMYRMECINI [junior synonym of Leptomyrmecini]
- Iridomyrmecini Dubovikoff, 2005a: 91. Type-genus: Iridomyrmex Mayr, 1862: 653.
Taxonomic History
- Iridomyrmecini as tribe of Dolichoderinae: Dubovikoff, 2005a: 91.
- Iridomyrmecini as junior synonym of Leptomyrmecini: Ward, et al. 2010: 361 [by implication because type-genus included in Leptomyrmecini].