Solenopsis madara
Solenopsis madara | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
Tribe: | Solenopsidini |
Genus: | Solenopsis |
Species: | S. madara |
Binomial name | |
Solenopsis madara Roger, 1863 |
This taxon is considered to be unidentifiable and its identity is uncertain.
Identification
Distribution
Distribution based on type material
United States (type locality).
Distribution based on AntMaps
Distribution based on AntWeb specimens
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Biology
Castes
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- madara. Solenopsis madara Roger, 1863a: 200 (w.) “America” (no state data).
- Type-material: holotype (?) worker.
- [Note: no indication of number of specimens is given.]
- Type-locality: America: (no further data, probably U.S.A.).
- Type-depository: unknown (Emery, 1895c: 280, writes that no type-material is present in MNHU; type-material probably no longer exists).
- Status as species: Roger, 1863b: 32; Mayr, 1863: 453; Mayr, 1870b: 996 (in key); Mayr, 1886d: 460; Cresson, 1887: 262; Dalla Torre, 1893: 77; Emery, 1895c: 279; Emery, 1922e: 200; Ettershank, 1966: 142.
- Unidentifiable taxon; incertae sedis in Solenopsis: Smith, M.R. 1951a: 814; Smith, M.R. 1958c: 138.
Description
References
- Roger, J. 1863a. Die neu aufgeführten Gattungen und Arten meines Formiciden-Verzeichnisses nebst Ergänzung einiger früher gegebenen Beschreibungen. Berl. Entomol. Z. 7: 131-214 (page 200, worker described)
- Smith, M. R. 1951c. Family Formicidae. Pp. 778-875 in: Muesebeck, C. F., Krombein, K. V., Townes, H. K. (eds.) Hymenoptera of America north of Mexico. Synoptic catalogue. U. S. Dep. Agric. Agric. Monogr. 2:1-1420. (page 814, Unrecognisable taxon)