• Replacement name for Iridomyrmex gracilis (Lowne, 1865). [Junior primary homonym of Pseudomyrmex gracilis (Fabricius, 1804).]
• [Note: Iridomyrmex bicknelli junior synonym of Iridomyrmex gracilis (Lowne, 1865) (synonymy by Heterick & Shattuck, 2011: 49); hence Iridomyrmex bicknelli first available replacement name.]
• Status as species: Forel, 1902j: 468; Forel, 1907j: 290; Wheeler, W.M. 1909a: 27; Emery, 1913a: 24; Forel, 1915b: 77; Clark, 1938: 373; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 96; Taylor, 1987a: 31; Shattuck, 1994: 101; Bolton, 1995b: 217; Heterick, 2009: 50; Terayama, 2009: 198 (in key); Heterick & Shattuck, 2011: 49 (redescription).
• Junior synonym of Iridomyrmex gracilis (Lowne, 1865): Heterick & Shattuck, 2011: 49.
• Senior synonym of Iridomyrmex bicknelli splendidus: Heterick & Shattuck, 2011: 49.

Junior synonyms

• Iridomyrmex bicknelli splendidus Forel, 1902

Citations

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• Emery, C. 1898b. Descrizioni di formiche nuove malesi e australiane. Note sinonimiche. Rendiconti delle Sessioni della Reale Accademia delle Scienze dell'Istituto di Bologna (n.s.)2:231-245.
• Emery, C. 1913a ("1912"). Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Dolichoderinae. Genera Insectorum 137:1-50. PDF
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• Terayama, M. 2009. A synopsis of the family Formicidae of Taiwan (Insecta: Hymenoptera). Research Bulletin of Kanto Gakuen University. Liberal Arts 17:81-266. PDF