Solenopsis punctaticeps erythraea

Solenopsis punctaticeps erythraea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Solenopsidini
Genus:	Solenopsis
Species:	S. punctaticeps
Subspecies:	S. punctaticeps erythraea
Trinomial name
Solenopsis punctaticeps erythraea Emery, 1915

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Afrotropical Region: Eritrea, Ethiopia (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.

Nomenclature

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

• erythraea. Solenopsis punctaticeps subsp. erythraea Emery, 1915c: 64, fig. 5 (w.) ERITREA.
  • Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated, “many”).
  • Type-localities: Eritrea: Nefasit, and Asmara, 23.viii.-9.ix.1914 (F. Silvestri).
  • [Note: type-data provided by Emery, 1915g: 12.]
  • Type-depository: MSNG.
  • [Also described as new by Emery, 1915g: 12.]
  • [Misspelled as erithraea by Finzi, 1939a: 165.]
  • Subspecies of punctaticeps: Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 879; Emery, 1922e: 203; Finzi, 1939a: 165; Bolton, 1995b: 387; Madl, 2019: 16.
  • Distribution: Eritrea.

References

• Emery, C. 1915e. Formiche raccolte nell'Eritrea dal Prof. F. Silvestri. Boll. Lab. Zool. Gen. Agrar. R. Sc. Super. Agric. 10: 3-26 (page 12, also described as new)
• 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 64, fig. 5 worker described)