Solenopsis punctaticeps cleptomana

Solenopsis punctaticeps cleptomana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Solenopsidini
Genus:	Solenopsis
Species:	S. punctaticeps
Subspecies:	S. punctaticeps cleptomana
Trinomial name
	Solenopsis punctaticeps cleptomana; Santschi, 1914

Identification

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Afrotropical Region: Kenya (type locality).

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.

cleptomana. Solenopsis cleptomana Santschi, 1914b: 80 (w.) KENYA.
- Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated, “several”).
- Type-locality: Kenya (“Afrique orientale anglaise”): Rift Valley, Naivasha, st. no. 14, 1400 m., xii.1911 (Ch. Alluaud & R. Jeannel).
- Type-depository: NHMB.
- As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Emery, 1915c: 65.
- Status as species: Ettershank, 1966: 140.
- Subspecies of punctaticeps: Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 878; Emery, 1922e: 203; Bolton, 1995b: 386; Hita Garcia, et al. 2013: 215.
- Distribution: Kenya.

Description

References

Emery, C. 1915j. Le formiche del genere Solenopsis abitanti l'Africa. Rend. Sess. R. Accad. Sci. Ist. Bologna Cl. Sci. Fis. (n.s.) 19: 57-66 (page 65, Variety of punctaticeps)
Santschi, F. 1914b. Voyage de Ch. Alluaud et R. Jeannel en Afrique Orientale, 1911-1912. Résultats scientifiques. Insectes Hyménoptères. II. Formicidae. Paris: Libr. A. Schulz, pp. 41-148. (page 80, worker described)