Solenopsis debilior

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

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Specimen Labels

Identification

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Palaearctic Region: France (type locality).

Distribution based on AntMaps

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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.
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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.
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Biology

Castes

Nomenclature

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

  • debilior. Solenopsis (Diplorhoptrum) fugax var. debilior Santschi, 1934e: 583 (w.q.m.) FRANCE (Corsica).
    • Type-material: syntype workers, syntype queens, syntype males (numbers not stated).
    • Type-locality: France: Corsica, Pogiole (F. Santschi).
    • Type-depository: NHMB.
    • Subspecies of fugax: Ettershank, 1966: 140; Baroni Urbani, 1971c: 87.
    • Junior synonym of fugax: Casevitz-Weulersse, 1990b: 138; Bolton, 1995b: 387; Casevitz-Weulersse & Galkowski, 2009: 492; Radchenko, 2016: 180.
    • Status as species: Galkowski, et al. 2010: 161; Borowiec, L. 2014: 153.
    • Distribution: France (Corsica).

Description

References

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

  • AntArea. Accessed on February 5th 2014 at http://antarea.fr/fourmi/
  • Casevitz-Weulersse J. 1990. Étude systématique de la myrmécofaune corse (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) (Première partie). Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. Sect. A Zool. Biol. Écol. Anim. (4) 12: 135-163.
  • Galkowski C., J. Casevitz-Weulersse, and H. Cagniant. 2010. Redescription de Solenopsis fugax (Latreille, 1798) et notes sur les Solenopsis de France [ Hymenoptera, Formicidae ]. Revue Française d'Entomologie (Nouvelle Série) 32(3-4): 151-163.
  • Santschi F. 1934. Contribution aux Solenopsis paléarctiques. Revue Suisse de Zoologie. 41: 565-592.