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Iridomyrmex in languages:

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虹琉璃蟻

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Rainbow Ants

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Tyrant Ants

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Meat Ants

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Parent Taxon

• Formicidae

Sibling Taxa

• Anillidris
• Anonychomyrma
• Azteca
• Doleromyrma
• Dorymyrmex
• Forelius
• Froggattella
• Gracilidris
• Iridomyrmex
• Leptomyrmex
• Linepithema
• Nebothriomyrmex
• Ochetellus
• Papyrius
• Philidris
• Turneria

Child Taxa

• Iridomyrmex adstringatus
• Iridomyrmex agilis
• Iridomyrmex albitarsus
• Iridomyrmex alpinus
• Iridomyrmex anceps
• Iridomyrmex anderseni
• Iridomyrmex angusticeps
• Iridomyrmex anteroinclinus
• Iridomyrmex atypicus
• Iridomyrmex azureus
• Iridomyrmex bicknelli
• Iridomyrmex bigi
• Iridomyrmex brennani
• Iridomyrmex brunneus
• Iridomyrmex calvus
• Iridomyrmex cappoinclinus
• Iridomyrmex cephaloinclinus
• Iridomyrmex chasei
• Iridomyrmex conifer
• Iridomyrmex continentis
• Iridomyrmex cuneiceps
• Iridomyrmex cupreus
• Iridomyrmex curvifrons
• Iridomyrmex cyaneus
• Iridomyrmex difficilis
• Iridomyrmex discors
• Iridomyrmex dromus
• Iridomyrmex elongatus
• Iridomyrmex exsanguis
• Iridomyrmex foetans
• Iridomyrmex fulgens
• Iridomyrmex galbanus
• Iridomyrmex gibbus
• Iridomyrmex gumnos
• Iridomyrmex hartmeyeri
• Iridomyrmex hertogi
• Iridomyrmex hesperus
• Iridomyrmex infuscus
• Iridomyrmex innocens
• Iridomyrmex lividus
• Iridomyrmex longisoma
• Iridomyrmex luteoclypeatus
• Iridomyrmex macrops
• Iridomyrmex mattiroloi
• Iridomyrmex mayri
• Iridomyrmex meridianus
• Iridomyrmex minor
• Iridomyrmex mirabilis
• Iridomyrmex mjobergi
• Iridomyrmex neocaledonica
• Iridomyrmex niger
• Iridomyrmex nudipes
• Iridomyrmex obscurior
• Iridomyrmex obsidianus
• Iridomyrmex omalonotus
• Iridomyrmex pallidus
• Iridomyrmex phillipensis
• Iridomyrmex prismatis
• Iridomyrmex pruinosus
• Iridomyrmex purpureus
• Iridomyrmex reburrus
• Iridomyrmex roseatus
• Iridomyrmex rubriceps
• Iridomyrmex rufoinclinus
• Iridomyrmex rufoniger
• Iridomyrmex sanguineus
• Iridomyrmex setoconus
• Iridomyrmex spadius
• Iridomyrmex splendens
• Iridomyrmex spodipilus
• Iridomyrmex spurcus
• Iridomyrmex suchieri
• Iridomyrmex suchieroides
• Iridomyrmex tenebrans
• Iridomyrmex tenuiceps
• Iridomyrmex trigonoceps
• Iridomyrmex turbineus
• Iridomyrmex victorianus
• Iridomyrmex viridiaeneus
• Iridomyrmex viridigaster
• Iridomyrmex xanthocoxa

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