Solenopsis angulata nigelloides

Solenopsis angulata nigelloides
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Solenopsis picea)
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Solenopsidini
Genus:	Solenopsis
Species:	Solenopsis angulata nigelloides Forel, 1913

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

Nomenclature

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

• nigelloides. Solenopsis angulata r. nigelloides Forel, 1913l: 223 (w.q.m.) ARGENTINA. Junior synonym of picea: Pacheco & Mackay, 2013: 263.

References

• Forel, A. 1913m. Fourmis d'Argentine, du Brésil, du Guatémala & de Cuba reçues de M. M. Bruch, Prof. v. Ihering, Mlle Baez, M. Peper et M. Rovereto. Bull. Soc. Vaudoise Sci. Nat. 49: 203-250 (page 223, worker, queen, male 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.