Solenopsis mandibularis

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Solenopsis mandibularis
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Solenopsis geminata)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Solenopsidini
Genus: Solenopsis
Species: Solenopsis mandibularis
Westwood, 1840

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

Nomenclature

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

  • mandibularis. Solenopsis mandibularis Westwood, 1840b: 87, pl. 2, fig. 5 (w.) "America aequinoctiali". Junior synonym of geminata: Roger, 1862c: 289.

References

  • Roger, J. 1862c. Synonymische Bemerkungen. 1. Ueber Formiciden. Berl. Entomol. Z. 6: 283-297 (page 289, Junior synonym of geminata)
  • Westwood, J. O. 1840b. Observations on the genus Typhlopone, with descriptions of several exotic species of ants. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 6: 81-89 (page 87, pl. 2, fig. 5 worker described)