Solenopsis pachycera

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Solenopsis pachycera
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Solenopsidini
Genus: Solenopsis
Species: S. pachycera
Binomial name
Solenopsis pachycera
(Forel, 1915)

Identification

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Australasian Region: Australia (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.

  • pachycera. Oligomyrmex (Octella) pachycerus Forel, 1915b: 69 (w.) AUSTRALIA (Queensland).
    • Type-material: holotype worker.
    • Type-locality: Australia: Queensland, Cedar Creek (E. Mjöberg).
    • Type-depository: NHRS.
    • Combination in Solenopsis: Taylor, 1991b: 611.
    • Status as species: Emery, 1924d: 218; Ettershank, 1966: 124; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 72; Taylor, 1987a: 50; Taylor, 1991b: 611; Bolton, 1995b: 390.
    • Distribution: Australia.

Type Material

  • Oligomyrmex (Octella) pachycerus Forel, 1915: Holotype, worker, Ravenshoe (as Cedar Creek), Queensland, Australia, Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet.

Description

References

  • Forel, A. 1915b. Results of Dr. E. Mjöbergs Swedish Scientific Expeditions to Australia 1910-13. 2. Ameisen. Ark. Zool. 9(1 16: 1-119 (page 69, worker described)
  • Taylor, R. W. 1991b. Nomenclature and distribution of some Australasian ants of the Myrmicinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Mem. Qld. Mus. 30: 599-614 (page 611, Combination in Solenopsis)

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

  • Taylor R. W. 1987. A checklist of the ants of Australia, New Caledonia and New Zealand (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization) Division of Entomology Report 41: 1-92.