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Taxon Reports Style: Checklist Catalogue Monograph Field Guide Iridomyrmex spadius Shattuck, 1993 Iridomyrmex spadius Shattuck, S. O. (1993). Revision of the Iridomyrmex purpureus species-group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Invertebrate Taxonomy. 7 : 113-149 [p. 138]. Type Material Holotype, Millstream National Park, near Ravenshoe, Queensland (ANIC (Canberra): worker (32-017915)). Paratype, Millstream National Park, near Ravenshoe, Queensland (ANIC (Canberra): 6 workers (32-009157)). Paratype, Millstream National Park, near Ravenshoe, Queensland (ANIC (Canberra): 2 workers (32-009156)). Paratype, Millstream National Park, near Ravenshoe, Queensland (ANIC (Canberra): 2 workers (32-009158)). Paratype, Millstream National Park, near Ravenshoe, Queensland (BMNH (London): workers). Paratype, Millstream National Park, near Ravenshoe, Queensland (MCZ (Cambridge): workers).