• Mayr, 1876: 82 (q.m.)
• Combination in Hypoclinea: Mayr, 1870b: 955.
• Combination in Iridomyrmex: Emery, 1887a: 251.
• Status as species: Mayr, 1870b: 959 (in key); Mayr, 1876: 80 (in key); Emery, 1887a: 251; Dalla Torre, 1893: 169; André, 1896d: 260 (in key); Forel, 1902j: 465; Emery, 1913a: 26; Forel, 1915b: 78; Wheeler, 1915h: 812; Mann, 1919: 363; Karavaiev, 1926d: 437; Clark, 1928c: 44; Wheeler, 1934d: 149; Wheeler, 1935g: 36; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 102; Taylor, 1987a: 33; Shattuck, 1994: 110; Bolton, 1995b: 219; Heterick, 2009: 52; Heterick & Shattuck, 2011: 133 (redescription); Sarnat et al., 2013: 69.
• Senior synonym of Iridomyrmex rufoniger domestica: Heterick & Shattuck, 2011: 133.
• Senior synonym of Iridomyrmex mamillatus: Mayr, 1876: 82; Dalla Torre, 1893: 169; Emery, 1913a: 26; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 102; Taylor, 1987a: 33; Shattuck, 1994: 110; Bolton, 1995b: 219; Heterick & Shattuck, 2011: 133.
• Senior synonym of Iridomyrmex rufoniger septentrionalis: Heterick & Shattuck, 2011: 133.

Junior synonyms

• Iridomyrmex mamillatus (Lowne, 1865)
  Obsolete combination(s): Acantholepis mamillatus
• Iridomyrmex rufoniger domestica Forel, 1907
• Iridomyrmex rufoniger septentrionalis Forel, 1902

Obsolete combinations

• Formica rufonigra

Citations

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