title: Iridomyrmex phillipensis
text: # Iridomyrmex phillipensis
  
  Iridomyrmex phillipensis is a species of ant in the genus Iridomyrmex. Described by Heterick and Shattuck in 2011, the ant is the only species endemic to Australia to not actually live in the country itself, but instead lives in territory that belongs to Australia.
  
  ## Etymology
  
  The name of the ant is in reference to the location of the first specimens of the species was collected.
  
  