Solenopsis celata

Solenopsis celata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Solenopsidini
Genus:	Solenopsis
Species:	S. celata
Binomial name
Solenopsis celata (Dlussky & Zabelin, 1985)

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Palaearctic Region: Kazakhstan (type locality), Turkmenistan.

Distribution based on AntMaps

Distribution based on AntWeb specimens

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Countries Occupied

Number of countries occupied by this species based on AntWiki Regional Taxon Lists. In general, fewer countries occupied indicates a narrower range, while more countries indicates a more widespread species.

Estimated Abundance

Relative abundance based on number of AntMaps records per species (this species within the purple bar). Fewer records (to the left) indicates a less abundant/encountered species while more records (to the right) indicates more abundant/encountered species.

Nomenclature

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

• celata. Diplorhoptrum celatum Dlussky & Zabelin, 1985: 222, fig. 2 (q.m.) TURKMENISTAN.
  • Type-material: holotype queen, 1 paratype queen, 9 paratype males.
  • Type-locality: holotype Turkmenistan: Kopetdag, Kara-Kala, Bagandar gorge, 14.vi.1980 (S. Zabelin); paratypes: 6 males with same data, 1 queen, 2 males with same data but 21.vi.1980 (S. Zabelin), 1 male Kopetdag, Aidere, 15.vii. 1980 (S. Zabelin).
  • Type-depository: ZMUM.
  • Dlussky & Radchenko, 1994: 103 (w.).
  • Combination in Solenopsis: Bolton, 1995b: 386.
  • Status as species: Dlussky, Soyunov & Zabelin, 1990: 241; Dlussky & Radchenko, 1994: 103 (redescription); Bolton, 1995b: 386.
  • Distribution: Turkmenistan.

References

• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 386, Combination in Solenopsis)
• Dlussky, G. M.; Radchenko, A. G. 1994a. Ants of the genus Diplorhoptrum (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from the central Palearctic. Zool. Zh. 73(2 2: 102-111 (page 103, worker described)
• Dlussky, G. M.; Zabelin, S. I. 1985. Ant fauna (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of the River Sumbar Basin (south-west Kopetdag). Pp. 208-246 in: Nechaevaya, N. T. (ed.) The vegetation and animal world of western Kopetdag. Ashkhabad: Ylym, 278 pp. (page 222, fig. 2 queen, male described)

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

• Dlussky G. M., O. S. Soyunov, and S. I. Zabelin. 1990. Ants of Turkmenistan. Ashkabad: Ylym Press, 273 pp.
• Kuznetsov G. T. 1990. Comparative analysis of Hymenoptera (Formicidae) population on altitudinal zones of central Kopetdag. Izvestiya Akademii Nauk Turkmenskoi SSR. Seriya Biologicheskikh Nauk 1990(3): 64-67.