Solenopsis decipiens scelesta

Solenopsis decipiens scelesta
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Solenopsis decipiens)
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Solenopsidini
Genus:	Solenopsis
Species:	Solenopsis decipiens scelesta Forel, 1908

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

Nomenclature

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

• scelesta. Solenopsis decipiens var. scelesta Forel, 1908c: 364 (w.) BRAZIL. Raised to species: Wild, 2007b: 53. Junior synonym of decipiens: Pacheco & Mackay, 2013: 146.

References

• 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.