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Iridomyrmex

Meat Ants

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Iridomyrmex purpureus

Meat ant

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Iridomyrmex Mayr, 1862

GBIF · view at source · updated on 18/07/2026

Meat Ants

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Animalia · Arthropoda · Insecta · Hymenoptera · Formicidae · Iridomyrmex

Iridomyrmex

Wikidata · view at source · CC0 · updated on 18/07/2026

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genus of insects

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(c) Jonghyun Park, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Jonghyun Park · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Ted Johansen, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Ted Johansen · CC BY-NC · iNaturalist
(c) Thomas Mesaglio, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Thomas Mesaglio · CC BY · iNaturalist
no rights reserved, uploaded by Jesse Rorabaugh · CC0 · iNaturalist
(c) Ellura Sanctuary, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Ellura Sanctuary · CC BY-NC · iNaturalist
(c) bennybotany85, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by bennybotany85 · CC BY-NC · iNaturalist
(c) Stephen Thorpe, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Stephen Thorpe · CC BY-NC · iNaturalist
(c) Stephen Thorpe, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Stephen Thorpe · CC BY-NC · iNaturalist
Occurrences (GBIF) 60 countries · 54117 records GBIF · updated on 27/07/2026 Maximize Minimize
Georeferenced points from GBIF. Click the map to use the scroll wheel; click a point to view the record.
Occurrences by year
1862: 1 1885: 1 1891: 2 1893: 2 1900: 179 1902: 16 1903: 1 1904: 7 1905: 48 1906: 5 1907: 7 1908: 17 1909: 1 1910: 1 1911: 25 1912: 2 1913: 6 1914: 10 1915: 20 1916: 7 1917: 2 1918: 4 1919: 2 1920: 7 1921: 6 1922: 18 1923: 9 1924: 2 1925: 9 1926: 5 1927: 22 1928: 36 1929: 110 1930: 19 1931: 10 1932: 76 1933: 103 1934: 82 1935: 54 1936: 256 1937: 50 1938: 11 1939: 16 1940: 66 1941: 30 1942: 5 1943: 16 1944: 27 1945: 36 1946: 22 1947: 353 1948: 33 1949: 564 1950: 94 1951: 130 1952: 74 1953: 95 1954: 108 1955: 58 1956: 259 1957: 227 1958: 209 1959: 53 1960: 260 1961: 94 1962: 408 1963: 310 1964: 64 1965: 127 1966: 172 1967: 228 1968: 86 1969: 501 1970: 227 1971: 643 1972: 1,403 1973: 1,282 1974: 1,389 1975: 1,175 1976: 1,400 1977: 1,266 1978: 470 1979: 612 1980: 730 1981: 342 1982: 140 1983: 405 1984: 197 1985: 169 1986: 411 1987: 267 1988: 324 1989: 288 1990: 503 1991: 618 1992: 978 1993: 395 1994: 173 1995: 1,607 1996: 588 1997: 815 1998: 671 1999: 550 2000: 361 2001: 617 2002: 877 2003: 1,741 2004: 1,806 2005: 842 2006: 415 2007: 437 2008: 459 2009: 590 2010: 352 2011: 622 2012: 31 2013: 58 2014: 1,736 2015: 1,000 2016: 494 2017: 475 2018: 588 2019: 490 2020: 529 2021: 640 2022: 1,907 2023: 1,223 2024: 1,159 2025: 1,736 2026: 973
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YearRecords
18621
18851
18912
18932
1900179
190216
19031
19047
190548
19065
19077
190817
19091
19101
191125
19122
19136
191410
191520
19167
19172
19184
19192
19207
19216
192218
19239
19242
19259
19265
192722
192836
1929110
193019
193110
193276
1933103
193482
193554
1936256
193750
193811
193916
194066
194130
19425
194316
194427
194536
194622
1947353
194833
1949564
195094
1951130
195274
195395
1954108
195558
1956259
1957227
1958209
195953
1960260
196194
1962408
1963310
196464
1965127
1966172
1967228
196886
1969501
1970227
1971643
19721,403
19731,282
19741,389
19751,175
19761,400
19771,266
1978470
1979612
1980730
1981342
1982140
1983405
1984197
1985169
1986411
1987267
1988324
1989288
1990503
1991618
1992978
1993395
1994173
19951,607
1996588
1997815
1998671
1999550
2000361
2001617
2002877
20031,741
20041,806
2005842
2006415
2007437
2008459
2009590
2010352
2011622
201231
201358
20141,736
20151,000
2016494
2017475
2018588
2019490
2020529
2021640
20221,907
20231,223
20241,159
20251,736
2026973
Australia · 51,547 New Zealand · 448 Papua New Guinea · 264 Colombia · 178 United States · 173 Fiji · 105 Malaysia · 105 Thailand · 99 Indonesia · 96 Solomon Islands · 92 Kiribati · 90 Micronesia · 82 Palau · 75 Norfolk Island · 69 New Caledonia · 66 French Polynesia · 64 China · 62 United Arab Emirates · 54 Mexico · 43 Singapore · 43 Russia · 33 Marshall Islands · 28 Philippines · 28 India · 27 Guam · 22 Macao SAR China · 22 Sweden · 22 Tokelau · 18 Hong Kong SAR China · 14 Timor-Leste · 12 Northern Mariana Islands · 12 Myanmar (Burma) · 11 Germany · 11 Taiwan · 10 Unknown Region · 10 Cook Islands · 8 Costa Rica · 7 Vietnam · 7 Ecuador · 6 France · 6 Denmark · 5 Dominican Republic · 5 South Africa · 4 Panama · 4 Haiti · 4 Brazil · 4 Poland · 3 Wallis & Futuna · 3 Guatemala · 2 Oman · 2 Senegal · 2 Ukraine · 2 Canada · 1 Cuba · 1 Israel · 1 Jamaica · 1 Laos · 1 Lithuania · 1 Netherlands · 1 Brunei · 1
Isaacs, ACT, Australia 16/05/2026 · Mike · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode · original record
Isaacs, ACT, Australia 16/05/2026 · Mike · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode · original record
Australia 27/04/2026 · Jenny Emeny · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record
Australia 26/04/2026 · amberbc · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record
Australia 26/04/2026 · Amber Brodie · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record
Australia 26/04/2026 · amberbc · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record
Australia 26/04/2026 · andreadennett · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record
Australia 26/04/2026 · doe · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record
Australia 26/04/2026 · ttsquid · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode · original record
Australia 25/04/2026 · Hugo Sun · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record

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