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Iridomyrmex gumnos

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Formicidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Hymenoptera

Subfamily
  
Dolichoderinae

Similar
  
Iridomyrmex chasei, Iridomyrmex rufoniger, Iridomyrmex

Iridomyrmex gumnos is a species of ant in the genus Iridomyrmex. Described by Heterick and Shattuck in 2011, the biology of the ant remains unknown, but it is distributed in South Australia and New South Wales.

Etymology

The name derives from the Latin language, and it translates as 'nude'.

References

Iridomyrmex gumnos Wikipedia