Solenopsis deserticola

Solenopsis deserticola
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Solenopsidini
Genus:	Solenopsis
Species:	S. deserticola
Binomial name
Solenopsis deserticola Ruzsky, 1905
Synonyms
Solenopsis orbula oblongior Karavaiev, 1926

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Palaearctic Region: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan (type locality), Russian Federation, Turkmenistan.

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.

• deserticola. Solenopsis deserticola Ruzsky, 1905b: 515 (q.m.) UZBEKISTAN.
  • Type-material: lectotype queen (by designation of Dlussky & Radchenko, 1994: 108), 3 paralectotype males.
  • Type-locality: lectotype Uzbekistan: Samarkand oblast, Khodzhent county, Golodnya steppe, 10.iv.1903 (Z.M.Ak.N.: Yakobson); paralectotypes with same data.
  • Type-depository: ZISP.
  • Dlussky & Radchenko, 1994: 109 (w.).
  • Status as species: Emery, 1909a: 32; Emery, 1922e: 201; Ruzsky, 1923: 3; Ettershank, 1966: 140; Dlussky, 1981a: 17; Dlussky & Zabelin, 1985: 222; Dlussky, Soyunov & Zabelin, 1990: 241; Arakelian, 1994: 49; Dlussky & Radchenko, 1994: 108 (redescription); Bolton, 1995b: 387; Borowiec, L. 2014: 153.
  • Senior synonym of oblongior: Dlussky & Zabelin, 1985: 222; Arakelian, 1994: 49; Dlussky & Radchenko, 1994: 108; Bolton, 1995b: 387.
  • Distribution: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan.
• oblongior. Solenopsis orbula subsp. oblongior Karavaiev, 1926c: 161, fig. 1 (w.m.) AZERBAIJAN.
  • Type-material: syntype workers, syntype males (numbers not stated).
  • Type-locality: Azerbaijan: Tekle-dagh Mt range, nr Adshikabul (= Hajigabul?) , Dschawad Distr., 3.iv.1907 (Schmidt & Shelkovnikov).
  • Type-depository: SIZK.
  • Subspecies of orbula: Ettershank, 1966: 142.
  • Junior synonym of deserticola: Dlussky & Zabelin, 1985: 222; Arakelian, 1994: 49; Dlussky & Radchenko, 1994: 108; Bolton, 1995b: 389.

References

• Borowiec, L. 2014. Catalogue of ants of Europe, the Mediterranean Basin and adjacent regions (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Genus (Wroclaw) 25(1-2): 1-340.
• Bračko, G. 2019. New data on the ant fauna (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Azerbaijan. Caucasian Entomological Bulletin 15, 165–175 (doi:10.23885/181433262019151-165175).
• 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).
• Dlussky, G. M.; Zabelin, S. I. 1985. Ant fauna (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of the River Sumbar Basin (south-west Kopetdag). Pp. 208-246 in: Nechaevaya, N. T. (ed.) The vegetation and animal world of western Kopetdag. Ashkhabad: Ylym, 278 pp. (page 222, Senior synonym of oblongior)
• Radchenko, A.G., Fisher, B.L., Esteves, F.A., Martynova, E.V., Bazhenova, T.N., Lasarenko, S.N. 2023. Ant type specimens (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) in the collection of Volodymyr Opanasovych Karawajew. Communication 1. Dorylinae, Poneromorpha and Pseudomyrmecinae. Zootaxa, 5244(1), 1–32 (doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5244.1.1).
• Ruzsky, M. 1905b. The ants of Russia. (Formicariae Imperii Rossici). Systematics, geography and data on the biology of Russian ants. Part I. Tr. Obshch. Estestvoispyt. Imp. Kazan. Univ. 38(4-6 6: 1-800 (page 515, queen, male described)
• Snegovaya, N., Shigayev, C. 2021. A checklist of the ants (Insecta, Formicidae) of Azerbaijan Republic. Iranian Journal of Animal Biosystematics 17(2): 179-207 (doi:10.22067/ijab.2022.67343.1000).

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

• Borowiec L. 2014. Catalogue of ants of Europe, the Mediterranean Basin and adjacent regions (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Genus (Wroclaw) 25(1-2): 1-340.
• Dlussky G. M., O. S. Soyunov, and S. I. Zabelin. 1990. Ants of Turkmenistan. Ashkabad: Ylym Press, 273 pp.
• Dubovikoff D. A., and Z. M. Yusupov. 2018. Family Formicidae - Ants. In Belokobylskij S. A. and A. S. Lelej: Annotated catalogue of the Hymenoptera of Russia. Proceedingss of the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences 6: 197-210.
• Karavaiev V. 1926. Beiträge zur Ameisenfauna des Kaukasus, nebst einigen Bemerkungen über andere palaearktische Formen. (Fortsetzung). Konowia 5: 161-169.
• Mokrousov M. V., and V.A. Zryanin. 2015. Materials on the early spring wasps and ants fauna of Uzbekistan (Hymenoptera: Vespomorpha: Chrysidoidea, Scolioidea, Pompiloidea, Vespoidea, Apoidea [Spheciformes], Formicoidea). Entomological research Russia and its neighboring regions 5: 36–48.