Solenopsis major Theobald

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Solenopsis major
Temporal range: Fossil
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Solenopsidini
Genus: Solenopsis
Species: Solenopsis major
Théobald, 1937

This taxon is a junior homonym and has been replaced by Solenopsis alena.

Nomenclature

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

  • major. †Solenopsis major Théobald, 1937b: 201, pl. 4, fig. 16; pl. 14, fig. 4 (m.) FRANCE (Oligocene). [Unresolved junior primary homonym of major Forel, above (Bolton, 1995b: 389).] Replacement name: †alena Özdikmen, 2010c: 992.

References

  • Theobald, N. 1937a. Les insectes fossiles des terrains oligocènes de France. Nancy: G. Thomas, 473 pp. (page 201, pl. 4, fig. 16, pl. 14, fig. 4 male described)