Solenopsis insculpta
Solenopsis insculpta | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
Tribe: | Solenopsidini |
Genus: | Solenopsis |
Species: | S. insculpta |
Binomial name | |
Solenopsis insculpta Clark, 1938 |
Identification
Distribution
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Australasian Region: Australia (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
Images from AntWeb
Specimen code antweb1008323. . |
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- insculpta. Solenopsis insculptus Clark, 1938: 370, fig. 9 (w.) AUSTRALIA (South Australia: Reevesby I.).
- Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated, “a small nest”).
- Type-locality: Australia: South Australia, Reevesby I. (J. Clark).
- Type-depository: MVMA.
- Status as species: Ettershank, 1966: 141; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 87; Taylor, 1987a: 72; Bolton, 1995b: 388.
- Distribution: Australia.
Type Material
- Solenopsis insculptus Clark, 1938: Syntype, worker(s), Reevesby Island, South Australia, Australia, Museum Victoria, Melbourne.
Description
References
- Clark, J. 1938. The Sir Joseph Banks Islands. Reports of the McCoy Society for Field Investigation and Research. Part 10. Formicidae (Hymenoptera). Proc. R. Soc. Vic. (n.s.) 50: 356-382 (page 370, fig. 9 worker described)