Solenopsis alena

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Solenopsis alena
Temporal range: Early Oligocene Kleinkems, Germany
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Solenopsidini
Genus: Solenopsis
Species: S. alena
Binomial name
Solenopsis alena
Özdikmen, 2010
Synonyms

Identification

Distribution

This taxon was described from Kleinkems, Germany (Early Oligocene).

Castes

Nomenclature

The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.

  • major. †Solenopsis major Théobald, 1937b: 201, pl. 4, fig. 16; pl. 14, fig. 4 (m.) GERMANY (Oligocene).
    • [Junior primary homonym of Solenopsis major Forel, 1913l: 220 (Bolton, 1995b: 389).]
    • Status as species: Burnham, 1979: 111.
    • Replacement name: †Solenopsis alena Özdikmen, 2010c: 992.
  • alena. †Solenopsis alena Özdikmen, 2010c: 992.
    • Replacement name for †Solenopsis major Théobald, 1937b: 201. [Junior primary homonym of Solenopsis major Forel, 1913l: 220.]

Description

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