Iridomyrmex victorianus

Iridomyrmex victorianus is a species of ant in the genus Iridomyrmex. Described by Auguste-Henri Forel in 1902, the species distributed to the east coast in Australia. The species usually takes an opportunity of using other nests constructed by larger ants, usually abandoned, and some were found in a bull ant nest (Myrmecia pyriformis).^[1]

Iridomyrmex victorianus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Dolichoderinae
Genus:	Iridomyrmex
Species:	I. victorianus
Binomial name
Iridomyrmex victorianus Forel, 1902
Synonyms
Iridomyrmex emeryi Crawley, 1918 Iridomyrmex mattiroloi parcens Forel, 1907