''Iridomyrmex cappoinclinus'' is a species of ant 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 ...

''. Native to

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, they have been mainly studied and observed in the

Northern Territory The Northern Territory (commonly abbreviated as NT; formally the Northern Territory of Australia) is an states and territories of Australia, Australian territory in the central and central northern regions of Australia. The Northern Territory ...

. It was first described by Shattuck back in 1993.

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