Meat ants as dominant members of Australian ant communities: an experimental test of their influence on the foraging success and forager abundance of other species

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Iridomyrmex

Iridomyrmex, or rainbow ants (referring to their blue-green iridescent sheen) is a genus of ants first described by Austrian entomologist Gustav Mayr in 1862.

Meat ant

Meat ants (Iridomyrmex purpureus), also known as meat-eater ants or gravel ants, are a species of ant belonging to the Iridomyrmex genus.