Solenopsis cleptis

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Solenopsis cleptis
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Solenopsis papuana)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Solenopsidini
Genus: Solenopsis
Species: Solenopsis cleptis
Mann, 1919

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

Nomenclature

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

  • cleptis. Solenopsis cleptis Mann, 1919: 330 (w.) SOLOMON IS. Junior synonym of papuana: Wilson & Taylor, 1967: 60.

References

  • Mann, W. M. 1919. The ants of the British Solomon Islands. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 63: 273-391 (page 330, worker described)
  • Wilson, E. O.; Taylor, R. W. 1967b. The ants of Polynesia (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Pac. Insects Monogr. 14: 1-109 (page 60, Junior synonym of papuana)