Solenopsis fugax furtiva

Solenopsis fugax furtiva
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Solenopsis fugax)
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Solenopsidini
Genus:	Solenopsis
Species:	Solenopsis fugax furtiva Santschi, 1934

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

Nomenclature

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

• furtiva. Solenopsis (Diplorhoptrum) fugax var. furtiva Santschi, 1934e: 584 (w.q.m.) FRANCE, SWITZERLAND.
  • Type-material: syntype workers, syntype queens, syntype males (numbers not stated).
  • [Note: Galkowski, et al. 2010: 157, record 13 workers, 4 queens, 2 males.]
  • Type-locality: France: Haute Garonne, Mt Espiaup (= Mt Espinasse), Val Larboust, 1250 m., 3.x.1929 (de Kerville?).
  • Type-depository: NHMB.
  • Subspecies of fugax: Ettershank, 1966: 141; Bolton, 1995b: 387.
  • Junior synonym of fugax: Casevitz-Weulersse & Galkowski, 2009: 492; Galkowski, et al. 2010: 157; Radchenko, 2016: 180; Csősz et al., 2023: 203.

References

• 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).
• Galkowski, C., Casevitz-Weulersse, J. & Cagniant, H. 2010. Redescription de Solenopsis fugax (Latreille, 1798) et notes sur les Solenopsis de France. Revue française d’Entomologie (NS) 32 (3-4): 151-163.
• Santschi, F. 1934e. Contribution aux Solenopsis paléarctiques. Rev. Suisse Zool. 41: 565-592 (page 584, worker, queen, male described)