Interesting Facts
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Common Names
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Common Names in English:
Australian Meat Ant
Description
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Habitat
Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 1,176 meters (0 to 3,858 feet).[1]
Taxonomy
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- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Protostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Ecdysozoa
()
- A.M.A. Aguinaldo et al., 1997 ex T. Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Superphylum:
Panarthropoda
()
- Cuvier
- Phylum:
Arthropoda
()
- Latreille, 1829
- Arthropods
- Subphylum:
Mandibulata
()
- Snodgrass, 1938
- Infraphylum:
Atelocerata
()
- Heymons, 1901
- Superclass:
Panhexapoda
()
- Epiclass:
Hexapoda
()
- Subclass:
Dicondylia
()
- Infraclass:
Pterygota
()
- Superorder:
Hymenopterida
()
- Order:
Hymenoptera
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- Suborder:
Apocrita
()
- Superfamily:
Vespoidea
()
- Family:
Formicidae
()
- Latreille, 1809
- Subfamily:
Dolichoderinae
()
- Tribe:
Leptomyrmecini
()
- Genus:
Iridomyrmex
()
- Mayr, 1862
- Specific name:
purpureus
- (Smith, 1858)
- Scientific name: - Iridomyrmex purpureus (Smith, 1858)
- Specific name:
purpureus
- (Smith, 1858)
- Genus:
Iridomyrmex
(
- Tribe:
Leptomyrmecini
(
- Subfamily:
Dolichoderinae
(
- Family:
Formicidae
(
- Superfamily:
Vespoidea
(
- Suborder:
Apocrita
(
- Order:
Hymenoptera
(
- Superorder:
Hymenopterida
(
- Infraclass:
Pterygota
(
- Subclass:
Dicondylia
(
- Epiclass:
Hexapoda
(
- Superclass:
Panhexapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Atelocerata
(
- Subphylum:
Mandibulata
(
- Phylum:
Arthropoda
(
- Superphylum:
Panarthropoda
(
- Infrakingdom:
Ecdysozoa
(
- Branch:
Protostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Last scrutiny: 13-Mar-2001
Similar Species
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Members of the genus Iridomyrmex
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 1 species and subspecies in this genus:
I. purpureus (Australian Meat Ant)
More Info
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Further Reading
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- Entomological news. [Philadelphia]American Entomological Society, 1925- url p. 67.
- Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. Washington, etc.: Entomological Society of Washington url p. 246.
- Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. Sydney, Linnean Society of New South Wales. url , p. 115, p. 128, p. 129.
Notes
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Contributors
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 16, 2012.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed February 28, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 2 providers.
- Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 28, 2008:
- Australian National Insect Collection, CSIRO Entomology: Australian National Insect Collection
- OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider: Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2731275
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-575006
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 575006
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 416581
Footnotes
- Mean = 237.230 meters (778.314 feet), Standard Deviation = 243.470 based on 355 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
