Iridomyrmex spadius

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|image = Iridomyrmex spadius casent0172050 profile 1.jpg

|genus = Iridomyrmex

|species = spadius

|authority = Shattuck, 1993

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Iridomyrmex spadius is a species of ant in the genus Iridomyrmex. Described by Shattuck in 1993, localised populations of the species can be found in Queensland, Australia.Shattuck, S. O. 1993a. Revision of the Iridomyrmex purpureus species-group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Invertebr. Taxon. 7: 113-149 (page 138, figs. 7, 17 worker described){{cite book|last1=Shattuck|first1=Brian E. Heterick & Steve|title=Revision of the ant genus Iridomyrmex (Hymenoptera : Formicidae)|date=2011|publisher=Magnolia Press|location=Auckland, N.Z.|isbn=978-1-86977-676-3|url=http://www.antwiki.org/wiki/images/a/ab/Heterick_%26_Shattuck.pdf|accessdate=2 January 2015}}