Iridomyrmex purpureus

Distribution
This taxon was described from Australia.

Nomenclature

 * aeneum. Liometopum aeneum Mayr, 1862: 704 (q.) AUSTRALIA. Junior synonym of purpureus: Mayr, 1876: 81.
 * castrae. Iridomyrmex detectus var. castrae Viehmeyer, 1925a: 31 (w.) AUSTRALIA. Subspecies of purpureus: Taylor & Brown, D.R. 1985: 102. Junior synonym of purpureus: Shattuck, 1993a: 128.
 * detecta. Formica detecta Smith, F. 1858b: 36 (q.) AUSTRALIA. Wheeler, G.C. & Wheeler, J. 1974b: 398 (l.); Crozier, 1968a: 25 (k.). Combination in Iridomyrmex: Dalla Torre, 1893: 168. Junior synonym of purpureus: Lowne, 1865a: 275; Mayr, 1876: 81; Taylor & Brown, D.R. 1985: 102.
 * greensladei. Iridomyrmex greensladei Shattuck, 1993a: 122, fig. 11 (w.q.m.) AUSTRALIA. Junior synonym of purpureus: Heterick & Shattuck, 2011: 124.
 * horni. Camponotus horni Kirby, W.F. 1896: 205 (w., not q.) AUSTRALIA. Junior synonym of purpureus: Clark, 1930c: 20. See also: Shattuck, 1993a: 128.
 *  purpureus. Formica purpurea Smith, F. 1858b: 40 (w.) AUSTRALIA. Lowne, 1865a: 275 (m.); Imai, Crozier & Taylor, 1977: 345 (k.). Combination in Iridomyrmex: Mayr, 1862: 702. Senior synonym of detecta: Lowne, 1865a: 275; of smithii: Mayr, 1870b: 955; of aeneum: Mayr, 1876: 81; of horni: Clark, 1930c: 20; Shattuck, 1993a: 128; of castrae: Shattuck, 1993a: 128; of greensladei: Heterick & Shattuck, 2011: 124. See also: Greaves, 1971: 15; Shattuck, 1993a: 128; Shattuck, 1994: 109.
 * smithii. Formica smithii Lowne, 1865a: 276 (w.) AUSTRALIA. Junior synonym of purpureus: Mayr, 1870b: 955; Taylor & Brown, D.R. 1985: 102.