Diplorhoptrum nitidum

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Diplorhoptrum nitidum
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Solenopsis juliae)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Solenopsidini
Genus: Solenopsis
Species: Diplorhoptrum nitidum
Dlussky & Radchenko, 1994

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

Nomenclature

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

  • nitida. Diplorhoptrum nitidum Dlussky & Radchenko, 1994: 105, fig. 4a-e (w.q.) ARMENIA.
    • Type-material: holotype queen, 40 paratype workers, 15 paratype queens.
    • Type-locality: holotype Armenia: Megrinsk, Lehvas, 23.vi.1986, no. 394-86 (A. Radchenko); paratypes with same data.
    • Type-depositories: SIZK (holotype); SIZK, ZMUM (paratypes).
    • Combination in Solenopsis: Bolton, 1995b: 389.
    • Status as species: Arakelian, 1994: 50; Bolton, 1995b: 389; Borowiec, L. 2014: 157.
    • Junior synonym of juliae: Csősz et al., 2023: 208.
    • Distribution: Armenia.

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