Solenopsis maligna

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Solenopsis maligna
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Solenopsidini
Genus: Solenopsis
Species: S. maligna
Binomial name
Solenopsis maligna
Santschi, 1910

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Identification

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Afrotropical Region: Congo (type locality).

Distribution based on AntMaps

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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.
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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.
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Biology

Castes

Nomenclature

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

  • maligna. Solenopsis maligna Santschi, 1910c: 359, fig. 5 (w.) CONGO.
    • Type-material: holotype worker.
    • Type-locality: Congo (“Congo français”): Brazzaville (A. Weiss).
    • Type-depository: MNHN (or perhaps NHMB).
    • Status as species: Emery, 1915c: 65; Emery, 1922e: 202; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 878; Ettershank, 1966: 142; Bolton, 1995b: 389.
    • Distribution: Congo.

Description

References

  • Santschi, F. 1910c [1909]. Formicides nouveaux ou peu connus du Congo français. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Fr. 78: 349-400 (page 359, fig. 5 worker described)

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

  • Santschi F. 1910. Formicides nouveaux ou peu connus du Congo français. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 78: 349-400.
  • Wheeler W. M. 1922. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. A contribution to the myrmecology of Africa. VIII. A synonymic list of the ants of the Ethiopian region. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 45: 711-1004