Solenopsis nigella prevalens

Solenopsis nigella prevalens
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Solenopsis gensterblumi)
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Solenopsidini
Genus:	Solenopsis
Species:	Solenopsis nigella prevalens Santschi, 1923

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

Nomenclature

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

• prevalens. Solenopsis nigella st. prevalens Santschi, 1923c: 257 (s.w.) ARGENTINA. Santschi, 1929d: 297 (m.). Junior synonym of gensterblumi: Creighton, 1930b: 132; Pacheco & Mackay, 2013: 158.

References

• Pacheco, J.A. & Mackay, W.P. 2013. The systematics and biology of the New World thief ants of the genus Solenopsis (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Edwin Mellen Press, Lewiston, New York. 501 pp.