Solenopsis picta moerens

Solenopsis picta moerens
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Solenopsis picta)
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Solenopsidini
Genus:	Solenopsis
Species:	Solenopsis picta moerens Wheeler, W.M., 1915

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

Nomenclature

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

• moerens. Solenopsis picta var. moerens Wheeler, W.M. 1915b: 393 (w.) U.S.A. Junior synonym of picta: Creighton, 1950a: 237; Pacheco & Mackay, 2013: 268.

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.