Solenopsis huachucana

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Solenopsis huachucana
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Solenopsis aurea)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Solenopsidini
Genus: Solenopsis
Species: Solenopsis huachucana
Wheeler, W.M., 1915

This taxon is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Solenopsis aurea.

Nomenclature

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

  • huachucana. Solenopsis huachucana Wheeler, W.M. 1915b: 393 (w.q.) U.S.A. Junior synonym of aurea: Trager, 1991: 170.

References

  • Trager, J. C. 1991. A revision of the fire ants, Solenopsis geminata group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae). J. N. Y. Entomol. Soc. 99: 141-198 (page 170, Junior synonym of aurea)
  • Wheeler, W. M. 1915b. Some additions to the North American ant-fauna. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 34: 389-421 (page 393, worker, queen described)