Solenopsis fairchildi

Solenopsis fairchildi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Solenopsidini
Genus:	Solenopsis
Species:	S. fairchildi
Binomial name
	Solenopsis fairchildi; Wheeler, W.M., 1926 Specimen Labels

Identification

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 40.6° to 36.35°.


North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

Source: AntMaps

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Palaearctic Region: Balearic Islands, Iberian Peninsula, Malta, Spain (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.

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.

Biology

Castes

Nomenclature

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

fairchildi. Solenopsis latro subsp. fairchildi Wheeler, W.M. 1926: 3 (w.q.m.) SPAIN (Balearic Is).
- Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated, “numerous”), 2 syntype queens, 1 syntype male.
- Type-locality: Spain: Balearic Is., Majorca, nr Esporlas, 30.viii.1925 (W.M. Wheeler).
- Type-depository: MCZC.
- Subspecies of latro: Ceballos, 1956: 306; Ettershank, 1966: 140.
- Status as species: Collingwood & Yarrow, 1969: 67; Collingwood, 1978: 83 (in key); Bolton, 1995b: 387; Espadaler, 1997b: 31; Borowiec, L. 2014: 154; Lebas, et al. 2016: 334.
- Distribution: Malta, Spain (+ Balearics).

Description

References

Borowiec, L. 2014. Catalogue of ants of Europe, the Mediterranean Basin and adjacent regions (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Genus (Wroclaw) 25(1-2): 1-340.
Collingwood, C. A.; Yarrow, I. H. H. 1969. A survey of Iberian Formicidae (Hymenoptera). EOS. Rev. Esp. Entomol. 44: 53-101 (page 67, Raised to species)
Wheeler, W. M. 1926a. Ants of the Balearic Islands. Folia Myrmecol. Termit. 1: 1-6 (page 3, worker, queen, male described)

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

Abril S., C. Gómez. 2012. Lista actualizada de las especies de hormigas de Menorca (Islas Baleares, España) y primera cita de Monomorium andrei Saunders, 1890 (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) de la isla Boletín de la Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa 50: 403-407.
Borowiec L. 2014. Catalogue of ants of Europe, the Mediterranean Basin and adjacent regions (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Genus (Wroclaw) 25(1-2): 1-340.
Carpintero, S., A. Tinaut, A. Herrera Grao, and M. Ferreras Romero. "Estudio faunístico y ecológico de las hormigas (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) de la cuenca superior del río Hozgarganta (Parque Natural de los Alconocales, Cádiz)." Boletín de la Asociación Española de Entomología 24 (3-4) (2000): 124-138.
Collingwood, C. A., and I. H. H. Yarrow. "A survey of Iberian Formicidae." EOS (Revista española de entomología) 44 (1969): 53-101.
Comín del Río, P., and Andrés de Haro. "Datos iniciales para un estudio ecológico de las hormigas de Menorca." Bolletí de la Societat d´Historia Natural de les Balears 24 (1980): 23-48.
Comín del Río, P. "Los Formícidos de Menorca. Contribución al estudio taxonómico, geográfico y biológico." Tesina de licenciatura Universida (1977): 135 pp.
Comín del Río, P. Estudio de los formícidos de Baleares: Contribución al estudio taxonómico, geográfìco y biológico. Palma de Mallorca: Universidad de las Islas Baleares, 1988.
Guillem, R. "A survey of the ants of Minorca (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) with two new species for the island: Hypoponera punctatissima (Roger, 1859) and Temnothorax algiricus (Forel, 1894)." Boletín de la Asociación Española de Entomología 33, no. 3-4 (2010): 447-460.
Santschi F. 1934. Contribution aux Solenopsis paléarctiques. Revue Suisse de Zoologie. 41: 565-592.
Wheeler, W. M. "Ants of the Balearic Islands." Folia Myrmecologica et Termitologica 1 (1926): 1-6.
de Haro, Andrés, and C. A. Collingwood. "Prospección mirmecológica por las sierras de Aitana-Alfaro y los cabos de la Nao-San Antonio (Alicante) y su comparación con la fauna balear y de Córcega-Cerdeña." Orsis 3 (1988): 165-172.