AntsAntsArachnidsArachnids
BeesBeesBeetlesBeetles
BookliceBookliceBugsBugs
BumblebeesBumblebeesButterfliesButterflies
CicadasCicadasCrane fliesCrane flies
DragonfliesDragonfliesEarwigsEarwigs
FliesFliesIsopodsIsopods
LocustsLocustsMantisesMantises
MayfliesMayfliesMosquitoesMosquitoes
MyriapodsMyriapodsNet-wingedNet-winged
Plant-parasiticPlant-parasiticScorpion fliesScorpion flies
TermitesTermitesWaspsWasps
INSECTOIDGERENGDARK LIGHT
Home Arthropoda Imprint Contact
TAXFAMGENSPESUB
Checklist for Genus Iridomyrmex Mayr, 1862 (Rainbow ants)
and region North America (America)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
1156
31409
217039
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
1150
31356
216933
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
1053
30832
214432
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
585
24354
178963
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Hymenoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Ants, Bees, Sawflies, Wasps
94
4161
35080
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Apocrita
Gerstaecker, 1867
Ants, Bees, Narrow-waisted hymenopterans, Parasitic wasps
81
3910
33631
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Aculeata
Latreille, 1802
Stinging wasps
29
1198
15006
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Formicoidea
Latreille, 1802
Ants
1
271
2908
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyFormicidae
Latreille, 1809
Ants
271
2908
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyDolichoderinae
Forel, 1878
Odorous Ants
32
197
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
TribeLeptomyrmecini
Emery, 1913
15
105
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
GenusIridomyrmex
Mayr, 1862
Rainbow ants
21Species 
Taxom
 


Genera for North America
1 Genera with 21 Species
Iridomyrmex Mayr, 1914Rainbow ants21SpeciesTaxom


Species list for North America
21 Species
Iridomyrmex anceps Roger, 1863Tropical tyrant ant
Iridomyrmex bicknelli Emery, 1898Black Trail Ant
Iridomyrmex calvus Emery, 1914
Iridomyrmex chasei Forel, 1902Cumberland leafshell
Iridomyrmex discors Forel, 1902Cumberland leafshell
Iridomyrmex dromus Clark, 1938Periscope erycina
Iridomyrmex florissantius Carpenter, 1930Fine-line lucine
Iridomyrmex humilis (Mayr, 1868)⇒ Linepithema humile Mayr, 1868
Iridomyrmex lividus Shattuck, 1993Blue meat ant
Iridomyrmex mapesi Wilson, 1985
Iridomyrmex obscurans Carpenter, 1930Fine-line lucine
Iridomyrmex prismatis Shattuck, 1993
Iridomyrmex pruinosum Roger, 1863
Iridomyrmex purpureus Smith, 1858Australian meat ant
Iridomyrmex reburrus Shattuck, 1993Bearded meat ant
Iridomyrmex rufoniger Lowne, 1865Black Tyrant Ant
Iridomyrmex sanguineus Forel, 1910Northern meat ant
Iridomyrmex spadius Shattuck, 1993
Iridomyrmex spodipilus Shattuck, 1993
Iridomyrmex suchieri Forel, 1907
Iridomyrmex viridiaeneus Viehmeyer, 1914Centralian meat ant


Links, sources and further information
Iridomyrmex at antwiki.org
Iridomyrmex at gbif.org
Iridomyrmex at irmng.org
Iridomyrmex at itis.gov