''Iridomyrmex victorianus'' is a species of ant in the genus '' Iridomyrmex''. Described by

Auguste-Henri Forel Auguste-Henri Forel (1 September 1848 – 27 July 1931) was a Swiss myrmecologist, neuroanatomist, psychiatrist and eugenicist, notable for his investigations into the structure of the human brain and that of ants. For example, he is considered ...

in 1902, the species distributed to the east coast in

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 ...

. The species usually takes an opportunity of using other nests constructed by larger ants, usually abandoned, and some were found in a bull ant nest ('' Myrmecia pyriformis'').

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Iridomyrmex Hymenoptera of Australia Insects described in 1902 {{Iridomyrmex-stub