Solenopsis eduardi

Solenopsis eduardi
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Solenopsis geminata)
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Solenopsidini
Genus:	Solenopsis
Species:	Solenopsis eduardi Forel, 1912

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

Nomenclature

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

• eduardi. Solenopsis eduardi Forel, 1912g: 12 (w.) COLOMBIA.
  • Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
  • Type-locality: Colombia: Rio Frio (A.Forel).
  • Type-depository: MHNG.
  • [Misspelled as edouardi by Santschi, 1923c: 263, and others.]
  • Status as species: Emery, 1922e: 197; Santschi, 1923c: 263; Santschi, 1925b: 13; Borgmeier, 1927c: 104; Ettershank, 1966: 140 (error).
  • Subspecies of geminata: Creighton, 1930b: 67; Santschi, 1931c: 271; Kempf, 1972a: 236.
  • Junior synonym of geminata: Trager, 1991: 163; Bolton, 1995b: 387.

References

• Creighton, W. S. 1930b. The New World species of the genus Solenopsis (Hymenop. Formicidae). Proc. Am. Acad. Arts Sci. 66: 39-151 (page 67, Subspecies of geminata, and senior synonym of perversa)
• Forel, A. 1912h. Formicides néotropiques. Part IV. 3me sous-famille Myrmicinae Lep. (suite). Mém. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 20: 1-32 (page 12, worker described)
• Trager, J. C. 1991. A revision of the fire ants, Solenopsis geminata group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae). J. N. Y. Entomol. Soc. 99: 141-198 (page 163, Junior synonym of geminata)