Solenopsis orbula latroides

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Solenopsis orbula latroides
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Solenopsis fugax)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Solenopsidini
Genus: Solenopsis
Species: Solenopsis orbula latroides
Ruzsky, 1905

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

Nomenclature

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

  • latroides. Solenopsis orbula var. latroides Ruzsky, 1905b: 514 (w.) CAUCASUS. Subspecies of latro: Santschi, 1934e: 568. Raised to species: Arnol'di, 1948: 211. Junior synonym of fugax: Arakelian, 1994: 50.

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