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Solenopsis egregia
| Solenopsis egregia | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Solenopsidini |
| Genus: | Solenopsis |
| Species: | S. egregia |
| Binomial name | |
| Solenopsis egregia (Kusnezov, 1953)
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Identification
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: -26.808285° to -26.808285°.
| North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
- Source: AntMaps
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Neotropical Region: Argentina (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. |
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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.
- egregia. Synsolenopsis egregia Kusnezov, 1953c: 342, figs. 1-3 (s.w.q.) ARGENTINA (Tucumán).
- Type-material: holotype queen, 373 paratype workers, 7 paratype queens.
- Type-locality: holotype Argentina: Tucumán, Tafí del Valle, no. 1298, ca 2500 m. (N. Kusnezov); paratypes with same data.
- Type-depository: IMLT.
- [Synsolenopsis egregia Kusnezov, 1953b: 337 (in list). Nomen nudum.]
- Combination in Solenopsis: Ettershank, 1966: 140.
- Status as species: Ettershank, 1966: 140; Kempf, 1972a: 235; Bolton, 1995b: 387.
- Distribution: Argentina.
Description
References
- Ettershank, G. 1966. A generic revision of the world Myrmicinae related to Solenopsis and Pheidologeton (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Aust. J. Zool. 14: 73-171 (page 140, Combination in Solenopsis)
- Kusnezov, N. 1953d. El género Synsolenopsis Forel (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Acta Zool. Lilloana 13: 341-348 (page 342, figs. 1-3 soldier, worker, queen described)