Solenopsis marxi

Solenopsis marxi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Solenopsidini
Genus:	Solenopsis
Species:	S. marxi
Binomial name
Solenopsis marxi Forel, 1915 Specimen Labels
Synonyms
Solenopsis pygmaea Forel, 1905

Heterick & Kitching (2022) collected this species in a pitfall trap within a lowland dipterocarp forest in Brunei.

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Indo-Australian Region: Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia (type locality).
Neotropical Region: Mexico.

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.

Nomenclature

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

• pygmaea. Solenopsis pygmaea Forel, 1905c: 21 (w.) INDONESIA (Java).
  • Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
  • Type-locality: Indonesia: Java, Buitenzorg (= Bogor), 7.iii.1904, and 24.ii.1904 (K. Kraepelin).
  • Type-depository: MHNG.
  • [Junior primary homonym of Solenopsis pygmaea Forel, 1901e: 345.]
  • Status as species: Chapman & Capco, 1951: 169 (error).
  • Replacement name: Solenopsis marxi Forel, 1915c: 354.
• marxi. Solenopsis marxi Forel, 1915c: 354.
  • Replacement name for Solenopsis pygmaea Forel, 1905c: 21. [Junior primary homonym of Solenopsis pygmaea Forel, 1901e: 345.]
  • Status as species: Emery, 1922e: 203; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 168 (attributed to Donisthorpe); Ettershank, 1966: 142; Bolton, 1995b: 389.
  • Distribution: Indonesia (Java).

References

• Forel, A. 1901j. Variétés myrmécologiques. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 45: 334-382 (page 345, primary homonym)
• Forel, A. 1905f. Ameisen aus Java. Gesammelt von Prof. Karl Kraepelin 1904. Mitteilungen aus dem Naturhistorischen Museum in Hamburg 22: 1-26. (page 21, Junior primary homonym of pygmaea)
• Forel, A. 1915c. Formicides d'Afrique et d'Amérique nouveaux ou peu connus. IIe partie. Bull. Soc. Vaudoise Sci. Nat. 50: 335-364 (page 354, Replacement name for pygmaea)
• Heterick, B.E., Kitching, R.L. 2022. The ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of a one-hectare plot of lowland dipterocarp forest. Entomologist’s Monthly Magazine 158(4), 261–272 (doi:10.31184/m00138908.1584.4153).

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

• Chapman, J. W., and Capco, S. R. 1951. Check list of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Asia. Monogr. Inst. Sci. Technol. Manila 1: 1-327
• Ettershank G. 1966. A generic revision of the world Myrmicinae related to Solenopsis and Pheidologeton (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Aust. J. Zool. 14: 73-171.
• Forel A. 1905. Ameisen aus Java. Gesammelt von Prof. Karl Kraepelin 1904. Mitt. Naturhist. Mus. Hambg. 22: 1-26.