Solenopsis fugax karaki

Solenopsis fugax karaki
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Solenopsidini
Genus:	Solenopsis
Species:	S. fugax
Subspecies:	S. fugax karaki
Trinomial name
Solenopsis fugax karaki Tohmé, H. & Tohmé, G., 1980

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 34.6° to 34.6°.

North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

• Source: AntMaps

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Palaearctic Region: Syria (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.

Nomenclature

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

• karaki. Solenopsis fugax subsp. karaki Tohmé, H. & Tohmé, G. 1980b: 134, fig. 4 (w.m.) SYRIA.
  • Type-material: 110 syntype workers, 15 syntype males.
  • Type-locality: Syria: Chemayssi, entrance to valley that leads to Kala’at el Hosn (Krak des Chevaliers), 17.xi.1974 (H. & G. Tohmé).
  • Type-depository: MNHN.
  • Subspecies of fugax: Bolton, 1995b: 388.
  • Distribution: Syria.

References

• Tohmé, H.; Tohmé, G. 1980b. Les fourmis du genre Solenopsis en Syrie. Description de deux nouvelles sous-espèces et d'ailés inédits. Notes biogéographiques et systématiques (1). Rev. Fr. Entomol. (Nouv. Sér.) 2: 129-137 (page 134, fig. 4 worker, male described)