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Solenopsis hostilis
| Solenopsis hostilis | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Solenopsidini |
| Genus: | Solenopsis |
| Species group: | saevissima |
| Species: | S. hostilis |
| Binomial name | |
| Solenopsis hostilis (Borgmeier, 1959) | |
Identification
A member of the Solenopsis saevissima species-group.
Keys including this Species
Distribution
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Neotropical Region: Brazil (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.
- hostilis. Labauchena hostilis Borgmeier, 1959a: 318, figs. 10, 11 (q.) BRAZIL (Rio de Janeiro, Paraná).
- Type-material: holotype queen, 2 paratype queens.
- Type-locality: holotype Brazil: Rio de Janeiro, Jacarepaguá (Taquara), 6.iv.1953 (T. Borgmeier); paratypes: Brazil: Paraná, Rolândia, 5.iv.1953 (W.W. Kempf).
- Type-depository: MZSP.
- Combination in Solenopsis: Ettershank, 1966: 141.
- Status as species: Ettershank, 1966: 141; Kempf, 1972a: 237; Bolton, 1995b: 388.
- Distribution: Brazil.
Description
References
- Borgmeier, T. 1959a. Myrmecologische Studien. II. An. Acad. Bras. Cienc. 31: 309-319. (page 318, figs. 10, 11 queen described)
- Ettershank, G. 1966. A generic revision of the world Myrmicinae related to Solenopsis and Pheidologeton (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Aust. J. Zool. 14: 73-171 (page 141, Combination in Solenopsis)
- Pitts, J.P., Camacho, G.P., Gotzek, D., McHugh, J.V., Ross, K.G. 2018. Revision of the fire ants of the Solenopisis saevissima species group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 120: 308–411.