Solenopsis orbula terniensis

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

Identification

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 37.5° to 32.934444°.

   
North
Temperate
North
Subtropical
Tropical South
Subtropical
South
Temperate

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Palaearctic Region: Algeria (type locality), Israel.

Distribution based on AntMaps

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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.
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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.
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Biology

Castes

Nomenclature

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

  • terniensis. Solenopsis orbula r. terniensis Forel, 1905b: 175 (w.q.) ALGERIA.
    • Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
    • Type-locality: Algeria: Oran, Terni, 1893 (A. Forel).
    • [Note: this taxon is based on material of S. orbula Emery, sensu Forel, 1894d: 21, misidentification.]
    • Type-depository: MHNG.
    • Emery, 1909a: 33 (m.).
    • Subspecies of orbula: Emery, 1909a: 32; Emery, 1916b: 165; Emery, 1922e: 202; Finzi, 1940: 161; Grandi, 1935: 100; Ettershank, 1966: 144; Baroni Urbani, 1971c: 88; Bolton, 1995b: 391; Vonshak, et al. 2009: 44.
    • Distribution: Algeria, Israel, Italy (Lampedusa I.), Tunisia.

Description

References

  • Emery, C. 1909a. Beiträge zur Monographie der Formiciden des paläarktischen Faunengebietes. (Hym.) Teil VI. Dtsch. Entomol. Z. 1909: 19-37 (page 33, male described)
  • Forel, A. 1905e. Miscellanea myrmécologiques II (1905). Ann. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 49: 155-185 (page 175, worker, queen described)