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- Iridomyrmex abstract "Iridomyrmex, or rainbow ants (referring to their blue-green iridescent sheen) is a genus of ants first described by Austrian entomologist Gustav Mayr in 1862. He placed it in the subfamily Dolichoderinae of the family Formicidae. There are 79 described species and five fossil species. Most of these ants are native to Australia; others are found in several countries and islands in Asia and other areas in Oceania, and they have been introduced to Brazil, New Zealand and the United Arab Emirates. Fossil species are known from China, France and the United States.These ants are known to be an ecologically dominant and important group of ants, but they are sometimes regarded as pests due to these ants entering into human houses and soil disturbance. Farmers in rural Australia place animal carcasses on meat ant (I. purpureus) mounds as a method of disposing them; meat ants will consume the carcass and reduce it to bones in a matter of weeks. Meat ants also engage in ritualised fighting which helps prevent casualties and solve territorial disputes between neighbouring colonies. The largest members of this genus are those of the I. purpureus species group, measuring 8 millimetres (0.31 in).After their nuptial flight, queen ants may establish a colony by themselves, by budding or cooperatively, where a subset of the colony migrate to a new location or when multiple queens help find a suitable nesting spot, but they will display intolerance to each other when workers are present. The eggs take 44 to 61 days to fully develop into adults. The genus lives in a wide variety of habitats and nests in soil in numbers that range from a couple of hundred individuals to over 300,000 in a single colony. Depending on the species, nests are large mounds covered in pebbles with multiple entrances while others live above ground in twig nests. In some cases, ants dwell in several nest sites connected by paths; some of these nests can extend to 650 metres (2,130 ft) in length. Some species associate with caterpillars and butterflies that provide the ants with secretions and honeydew, and I. bicknelli pollinates orchids. These ants are predators and scavengers; they hunt for prey to feed their young. Notably, these ants are immune to the toxins of the cane toad and feed on the juveniles. Predators such as spiders, birds, lizards, and other ants prey on Iridomyrmex ants.".
- Iridomyrmex class Insect.
- Iridomyrmex family Ant.
- Iridomyrmex family Dolichoderinae.
- Iridomyrmex family Leptomyrmecini.
- Iridomyrmex kingdom Animal.
- Iridomyrmex order Hymenoptera.
- Iridomyrmex phylum Arthropod.
- Iridomyrmex thumbnail Meat_eater_ant_feeding_on_honey02.jpg?width=300.
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