Extant: 3 valid subspecies
Iridomyrmex nitida Mayr, 1862 PDF: 702 (w.) AUSTRALIA. Australasia. AntCat AntWiki HOLTaxonomic history
Forel, 1901c: 20 (q.m.); Wheeler & Wheeler, 1951 PDF: 186 (l.); Crozier, 1969a PDF: 250 (k.).Combination in Papyrius: Shattuck, 1992a PDF: 17.Senior synonym of Papyrius tuberculatus: Mayr, 1870b PDF: 955.See also: Wheeler, 1909a PDF: 28; Wheeler & Wheeler, 1974b PDF: 400; Shattuck, 1994 PDF: 134.Papyrius nitidus is a species of ant in the genus Papyrius. Endemic to Australia and New Guinea, it was described by Mayr in 1862.