NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Species

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Genus - Iridomyrmex
  Subfamily - Dolichoderinae
  Family - Formicidae
  Superfamily - Vespoidea
  Infraorder - Aculeata
  Suborder - Apocrita
  Order - Hymenoptera
  Superorder - Holometabola
  Infraclass - Neoptera
  Subclass - Pterygota
  Class - Insecta
  Subphylum - Hexapoda
  Phylum - Arthropoda
  Superphylum - Ecdysozoa
  Infrakingdom - Protostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Subspecies - Iridomyrmex rufoniger domesticus
      Subspecies - Iridomyrmex rufoniger incertus
      Subspecies - Iridomyrmex rufoniger metallescens
      Subspecies - Iridomyrmex rufoniger pallidus
      Subspecies - Iridomyrmex rufoniger rufoniger
      Subspecies - Iridomyrmex rufoniger septentrionalis
      Subspecies - Iridomyrmex rufoniger suchieri
      Subspecies - Iridomyrmex rufoniger victorianus