''Iridomyrmex bigi'' is a species of ant that is native to several regions of

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. Belonging to the genus ''

Iridomyrmex ''Iridomyrmex'' is a genus of ants called rainbow ants (referring to their blue-green iridescent sheen) first described by Austrian entomologist Gustav Mayr in 1862. He placed the genus in the subfamily Dolichoderinae of the family Formicida ...

'', the species was first described by Shattuck in 1993.

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Iridomyrmex Hymenoptera of Australia Insects described in 1993 {{Iridomyrmex-stub