Iridomyrmex mayri
| Iridomyrmex mayri | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Dolichoderinae |
| Genus: | Iridomyrmex |
| Species: | I. mayri
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| Binomial name | |
| Iridomyrmex mayri Forel, 1915
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Iridomyrmex mayri is a species of ant in the genus Iridomyrmex. Described by Auguste-Henri Forel in 1915, the species is endemic to Australia, these ants commonly nests under stones and rotting logs, and forage on tree trunks.[1] The species also tends to larvae of Jalmenus evagoras butterflies.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Shattuck, Brian E. Heterick & Steve (2011). Revision of the ant genus Iridomyrmex (Hymenoptera : Formicidae) (PDF). Auckland, N.Z.: Magnolia Press. ISBN 978-1-86977-676-3. Retrieved 2 January 2015.