Solenopsis orbula

Solenopsis orbula
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Solenopsidini
Genus:	Solenopsis
Species:	S. orbula
Binomial name
	Solenopsis orbula; Emery, 1875 Specimen Labels
Subspecies
	Solenopsis orbula terniensis Forel, 1905;

At a Glance

• Limited invasive

Identification

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 42.229602° to 28.285033°.


North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

Source: AntMaps

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Palaearctic Region: France (type locality), Iberian Peninsula, Israel, Malta, Spain, Türkiye.

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.

Biology

Castes

Nomenclature

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

orbula. Solenopsis orbula Emery, 1875a: 74 (w.) FRANCE (Corsica).
- Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
- Type-locality: France: Corsica (no further data) (E. Simon).
- Type-depository: MSNG (perhaps also in MNHN).
- [Also described as new by Emery, 1875b: 472.]
- André, 1883b: 389 (q.); Tohmé, H. & Tohmé, G. 1980b: 133 (m.).
- Combination in S. (Diplorhoptrum): Santschi, 1934e: 574.
- Status as species: Emery, 1878b: 58; Emery & Forel, 1879: 464; André, 1883b: 388 (in key); Emery, 1891b: 13; Dalla Torre, 1893: 77; Forel, 1894d: 21; Wasmann, 1894: 162; Ruzsky, 1902d: 32; Ruzsky, 1903b: 309 (misspelled as orbuloides); Ruzsky, 1905b: 513; Emery, 1909a: 32; Krausse, 1912b: 164; Emery, 1916b: 165; Bondroit, 1918: 145; Emery, 1922e: 202; Karavaiev, 1926c: 161; Santschi, 1934e: 574; Finzi, 1936: 178; Finzi, 1940: 161; Bernard, 1950a: 16; Ceballos, 1956: 306; Ettershank, 1966: 142; Pisarski, 1967: 400; Bernard, 1967: 184 (redescription); Hamann & Klemm, 1967: 414; Baroni Urbani, 1968b: 457; Collingwood & Yarrow, 1969: 67; Baroni Urbani, 1971c: 88; Arnol'di & Dlussky, 1978: 539 (in key); Bernard, 1978a: 575 (in key); Collingwood, 1978: 83 (in key); Tohmé, H. & Tohmé, G. 1980b: 129; Schembri & Collingwood, 1981: 430; Kugler, J. 1988: 258; Poldi, 1992: 91; Bolton, 1995b: 389; Espadaler, 1997b: 31; Casevitz-Weulersse & Galkowski, 2009: 493; Galkowski, et al. 2010: 161; Kiran & Karaman, 2012: 24; Borowiec, L. 2014: 158 (see note in bibliography); Lebas, et al. 2016: 334; Salata & Borowiec, 2018c: 48.
- Distribution: Algeria, Egypt, France (Corsica), Israel, Italy (+ Sardinia, Sicily), Libya, Malta, Spain, Syria, Turkey.
- Current subspecies: nominal plus terniensis.

Description

References

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