''Iridomyrmex spodipilus'' is a species of ant in 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 ...

''. Described by Shattuck in 1993, the ant is endemic to

Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma ...

, and specimens have only been found in from

Fowlers Gap The Fowlers Gap Arid Zone Research Station is teaching and research facility, established by the UNSW Australia (UNSW), which is located in the Australian state of New South Wales. in Fowlers Gap in the far north-west of the state. The stati ...

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, while foraging on low shrub and grassland.Shattuck, S. O. 1993a. Revision of the ''Iridomyrmex purpureus'' species-group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Invertebr. Taxon. 7: 113–149 (page 139, fig. 18 worker described)

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