| Authorship | Forel, 1901c: 22 (footnote) | 
|---|---|
| Forms | w. | 
| Bioregion | Australasia | 
| Locality | AUSTRALIA (Queensland) | 
| Primary type information | Primary type material: lectotype worker (by designation of Heterick & Shattuck, 2011: 120). Primary type locality: lectotype Australia: Queensland, Mackay (G. Turner). Primary type depository: MHNG. | 
| Secondary type information | Secondary type material: 18 paralectotype workers. Secondary type locality: same as for lectotype. Secondary type depositories: ANIC, MHNG. | 
| Type notes | Shattuck, 1994: 111, cites 19 worker syntypes (3 ANIC, 16 MHNG); in addition he cites 3 syntypes in MCZC, from Cape York (included as paralectotypes by Heterick & Shattuck, 2011: 120), but this locality is not mentioned in the original description. | 
| Iridomyrmex pallidus | Species | Valid | |
| Iridomyrmex rufoniger pallidus | Subspecies | Obsolete combination an obsolete combination of Iridomyrmex pallidus Forel, 1901 | Original combination |