Solenopsis condei

Solenopsis condei
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Solenopsidini
Genus:	Solenopsis
Species:	S. condei
Binomial name
	Solenopsis condei; (Borgmeier, 1937)

Identification

Distribution

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.

condei. Carebarella (Carebarelloides) condei Borgmeier, 1937b: 236, figs. 17-20, 22-24, pl. 2, figs. 2, 3 (q.m.) BRAZIL (Espirito Santo).
- Type-material: 2 syntype queens, 2 syntype males.
- Type-locality: Brazil: Espirito Santo, Santa Teresa, 26.vi.1928 (O. Conde).
- 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: Ettershank, 1966: 115; Kempf, 1972a: 74; Bolton, 1995b: 134.
- Distribution: Brazil.

Description

References

Borgmeier, T. 1937b. Formigas novas ou pouco conhecidas da América do Sul e Central, principalmente do Brasil (Hym. Formicidae). Arch. Inst. Biol. Veg. (Rio J.) 3: 217-255.
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).