Solenopsis cypridis

Solenopsis cypridis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Solenopsidini
Genus:	Solenopsis
Species:	S. cypridis
Binomial name
Solenopsis cypridis Santschi, 1934

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Palaearctic Region: Cyprus (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.

Nomenclature

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

• cypridis. Solenopsis (Diplorhoptrum) fugax var. cypridis Santschi, 1934e: 584, fig. 47 (w.q.m.) CYPRUS.
  • Type-material: syntype workers, syntype queens, syntype males (numbers not stated).
  • Type-locality: Cyprus: Limassol (G.A. Mavromoustakis).
  • Type-depository: NHMB.
  • Subspecies of fugax: Ettershank, 1966: 140; Bolton, 1995b: 387.
  • Status as species: Csősz et al., 2023: 213.
  • Distribution: Cyprus.

References

• Csősz, S., Seifert, B., László, M., Yusupov, Z. M., Herczeg, G. 2023. Broadly sympatric occurrence of two thief ant species Solenopsis fugax (Latreille, 1798) and S. juliae (Arakelian, 1991) in the East European Pontic-Caspian region (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) is disclosed. ZooKeys 1187, 189–222 (doi:10.3897/zookeys.1187.105866).
• Santschi, F. 1934e. Contribution aux Solenopsis paléarctiques. Rev. Suisse Zool. 41: 565-592 (page 584, fig. 47 worker, queen, male described)