Solenopsis orbuloides

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Solenopsis orbuloides
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Solenopsidini
Genus: Solenopsis
Species: S. orbuloides
Binomial name
Solenopsis orbuloides
André, 1890

Identification

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Afrotropical Region:Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone (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

Images from AntWeb

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Syntype of Solenopsis orbuloidesWorker. Specimen code casent0908870. Photographer Z. Lieberman, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. Owned by MHNG, Geneva, Switzerland.
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Syntype of Solenopsis orbuloidesWorker. Specimen code casent0915418. Photographer Will Ericson, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. Owned by MNHN, Paris, France.

Images from AntWeb

Solenopsis orbuloides casent0908870 l 1 high.jpgSolenopsis orbuloides casent0908870 p 1 high.jpgSolenopsis orbuloides casent0908870 h 1 high.jpgSolenopsis orbuloides casent0908870 d 1 high.jpg
Syntype of Solenopsis orbuloidesWorker. Specimen code casent0908870. Photographer Z. Lieberman, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. Owned by MHNG, Geneva, Switzerland.
Solenopsis orbuloides casent0915418 p 1 high.jpgSolenopsis orbuloides casent0915418 d 1 high.jpgSolenopsis orbuloides casent0915418 h 1 high.jpgSolenopsis orbuloides casent0915418 l 1 high.jpg
Syntype of Solenopsis orbuloidesWorker. Specimen code casent0915418. Photographer Will Ericson, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. Owned by MNHN, Paris, France.

Images from AntWeb

Solenopsis orbuloides casent0908870 l 1 high.jpgSolenopsis orbuloides casent0908870 p 1 high.jpgSolenopsis orbuloides casent0908870 h 1 high.jpgSolenopsis orbuloides casent0908870 d 1 high.jpg
Syntype of Solenopsis orbuloidesWorker. Specimen code casent0908870. Photographer Z. Lieberman, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. Owned by MHNG, Geneva, Switzerland.
Solenopsis orbuloides casent0915418 p 1 high.jpgSolenopsis orbuloides casent0915418 d 1 high.jpgSolenopsis orbuloides casent0915418 h 1 high.jpgSolenopsis orbuloides casent0915418 l 1 high.jpg
Syntype of Solenopsis orbuloidesWorker. Specimen code casent0915418. Photographer Will Ericson, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. Owned by MNHN, Paris, France.

Images from AntWeb

Solenopsis orbuloides casent0908870 l 1 high.jpgSolenopsis orbuloides casent0908870 p 1 high.jpgSolenopsis orbuloides casent0908870 h 1 high.jpgSolenopsis orbuloides casent0908870 d 1 high.jpg
Syntype of Solenopsis orbuloidesWorker. Specimen code casent0908870. Photographer Z. Lieberman, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. Owned by MHNG, Geneva, Switzerland.
Solenopsis orbuloides casent0915418 p 1 high.jpgSolenopsis orbuloides casent0915418 d 1 high.jpgSolenopsis orbuloides casent0915418 h 1 high.jpgSolenopsis orbuloides casent0915418 l 1 high.jpg
Syntype of Solenopsis orbuloidesWorker. Specimen code casent0915418. Photographer Will Ericson, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. Owned by MNHN, Paris, France.

Images from AntWeb

Solenopsis orbuloides casent0908870 l 1 high.jpgSolenopsis orbuloides casent0908870 p 1 high.jpgSolenopsis orbuloides casent0908870 h 1 high.jpgSolenopsis orbuloides casent0908870 d 1 high.jpg
Syntype of Solenopsis orbuloidesWorker. Specimen code casent0908870. Photographer Z. Lieberman, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. Owned by MHNG, Geneva, Switzerland.
Solenopsis orbuloides casent0915418 p 1 high.jpgSolenopsis orbuloides casent0915418 d 1 high.jpgSolenopsis orbuloides casent0915418 h 1 high.jpgSolenopsis orbuloides casent0915418 l 1 high.jpg
Syntype of Solenopsis orbuloidesWorker. Specimen code casent0915418. Photographer Will Ericson, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. Owned by MNHN, Paris, France.

Images from AntWeb

Solenopsis orbuloides casent0908870 l 1 high.jpgSolenopsis orbuloides casent0908870 p 1 high.jpgSolenopsis orbuloides casent0908870 h 1 high.jpgSolenopsis orbuloides casent0908870 d 1 high.jpg
Syntype of Solenopsis orbuloidesWorker. Specimen code casent0908870. Photographer Z. Lieberman, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. Owned by MHNG, Geneva, Switzerland.
Solenopsis orbuloides casent0915418 p 1 high.jpgSolenopsis orbuloides casent0915418 d 1 high.jpgSolenopsis orbuloides casent0915418 h 1 high.jpgSolenopsis orbuloides casent0915418 l 1 high.jpg
Syntype of Solenopsis orbuloidesWorker. Specimen code casent0915418. Photographer Will Ericson, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. Owned by MNHN, Paris, France.


Nomenclature

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

  • orbuloides. Solenopsis orbuloides André, 1890: 321 (w.) SIERRA LEONE.
    • Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
    • Type-locality: Sierra Leone: (no further data) (A. Mocquerys).
    • Type-depository: MNHN.
    • Santschi, 1914d: 354 (q.).
    • Status as species: Dalla Torre, 1893: 77; Mayr, 1895: 144; Santschi, 1914d: 354; Emery, 1922e: 203; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 878; Ettershank, 1966: 142; Bolton, 1995b: 389.
    • Distribution: Nigeria, Sierra Leone.

Description

References

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

  • André E. 1890. Matériaux pour servir à la faune myrmécologique de Sierra-Leone (Afrique occidentale). Rev. Entomol. (Caen) 9: 311-327.
  • Collingwood C.A., and A. Van Harten. 1993. The ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of the Cape Verde Islands. Beitrag zur Fauna und Flora der Kapverdischen Inseln : Ergebnisse des 5. Symposiums in Leiden 159: 411-414.
  • IZIKO South Africa Museum Collection
  • Santschi F. 1914. Formicides de l'Afrique occidentale et australe du voyage de Mr. le Professeur F. Silvestri. Bollettino del Laboratorio di Zoologia Generale e Agraria della Reale Scuola Superiore d'Agricoltura. Portici 8: 309-385.
  • 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