Solenopsis alvarengai

Solenopsis alvarengai
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Solenopsidini
Genus:	Solenopsis
Species:	S. alvarengai
Binomial name
	Solenopsis alvarengai; (Kempf, 1975)

Identification

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: -12.76666667° to -12.76666667°.


North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

Source: AntMaps

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Neotropical Region: Brazil (type locality).

Distribution based on AntMaps

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.

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.

Biology

Castes

Nomenclature

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

alvarengai. Carebarella alvarengai Kempf, 1975c: 352, figs. 6-8 (q.) BRAZIL (Mato Grosso).
- Type-material: holotype queen.
- Type-locality: Brazil: Mato Grosso, Víla Vera (12°46’S, 55°30’W), x.1973 (M. Alvarenga).
- Type-depository: MZSP.
- Combination in Solenopsis: Pacheco & Mackay, 2013: 37 (by implication); Ward, et al. 2015: 75.
- [Note: the type-species of Carebarella (C. bicolor Emery, 1906c: 138) was transferred to Solenopsis by Pacheco & Mackay, 2013: 37, 119, establishing Carebarella as a junior synonym of Solenopsis.]
- Status as species: Brandão, 1991: 336; Bolton, 1995b: 134.
- Distribution: Brazil.

Description

References

Kempf, W. W. 1975c. Miscellaneous studies on neotropical ants. VI. (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Stud. Entomol. 18: 341-380 (page 352, figs. 6-8 queen described)
Pacheco, J.A. & Mackay, W.P. 2013. The systematics and biology of the New World thief ants of the genus Solenopsis (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Edwin Mellen Press, Lewiston, New York. 501 pp.
Ward, P.S., Brady, S.G., Fisher, B.L., Schultz, T.R. 2015. The evolution of myrmicine ants: phylogeny and biogeography of a hyperdiverse ant clade (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Systematic Entomology 40: 61–81 (doi:10.1111/syen.12090).

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

Brandao, C.R.F. 1991. Adendos ao catalogo abreviado das formigas da regiao neotropical (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Rev. Bras. Entomol. 35: 319-412.
Kempf W. W. 1975. Miscellaneous studies on neotropical ants. VI. (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Studia Entomologica 18: 341-380.
Ulyssea M. A., C. R. F. Brandao. 2013. Catalogue of Dacetini and Solenopsidini ant type specimens (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Myrmicinae) deposited in the Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de Sao Paulo, Brazil. Papies Avulsos de Zoologia 53(14): 187-209.