Solenopsis pylades tricuspis

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Solenopsis pylades tricuspis
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Solenopsis richteri)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Solenopsidini
Genus: Solenopsis
Species: Solenopsis pylades tricuspis
Forel, 1912

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

Nomenclature

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

  • tricuspis. Solenopsis pylades var. tricuspis Forel, 1912g: 4 (w.) ARGENTINA. Subspecies of saevissima: Santschi, 1916e: 379. Junior synonym of richteri: Creighton, 1930b: 87.

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