Solenopsis santschii

Solenopsis santschii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Solenopsidini
Genus:	Solenopsis
Species:	S. santschii
Binomial name
Solenopsis santschii Forel, 1905 Specimen Labels

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 35.674444° to 35.674444°.

North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

• Source: AntMaps

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Palaearctic Region: Israel, Malta, Tunisia (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.

Castes

Images from AntWeb

Syntype of Solenopsis santschii. Worker. Specimen code casent0913932. Photographer Z. Lieberman, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences.	Owned by NHMB, Basel, Switzerland.

Specimen code casent0913933. .

Nomenclature

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

• santschii. Solenopsis santschii Forel, 1905b: 174 (w.q.) TUNISIA.
  • Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated), 1 syntype queen.
  • Type-locality: Tunisia: Kairouan, 1.viii.1903 (F. Santschi).
  • Type-depository: MHNG.
  • Baroni Urbani, 1968b: 452 (w.q.l.).
  • Status as species: Emery, 1909a: 35; Emery, 1922e: 203; Santschi, 1934e: 569; Ettershank, 1966: 143; Baroni Urbani, 1968b: 451 (redescription); Baroni Urbani, 1971c: 88; Schembri & Collingwood, 1981: 430; Kugler, J. 1988: 258; Bolton, 1995b: 391; Borowiec, L. 2014: 158.
  • Distribution: Israel, Italy (Sicily), Malta, Tunisia.

References

• Baroni Urbani, C. 1968e. Studi sulla mirmecofauna d'Italia. IV. La fauna mirmecologica delle isole Maltesi ed il suo significato ecologico e biogeografico. Ann. Mus. Civ. Stor. Nat. "Giacomo Doria" 77: 408-559 (page 451, queen, larva described)
• Borowiec, L. 2014. Catalogue of ants of Europe, the Mediterranean Basin and adjacent regions (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Genus (Wroclaw) 25(1-2): 1-340.
• Forel, A. 1905e. Miscellanea myrmécologiques II (1905). Ann. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 49: 155-185 (page 174, worker, queen described)

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

• Baroni Urbani C. 1968. Studi sulla mirmecofauna d'Italia. IV. La fauna mirmecologica delle isole Maltesi ed il suo significato ecologico e biogeografico. Ann. Mus. Civ. Stor. Nat. Giacomo Doria 77: 408-559.
• Borowiec L. 2014. Catalogue of ants of Europe, the Mediterranean Basin and adjacent regions (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Genus (Wroclaw) 25(1-2): 1-340.
• Ettershank G. 1966. A generic revision of the world Myrmicinae related to Solenopsis and Pheidologeton (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Aust. J. Zool. 14: 73-171.
• Forel A. 1905. Miscellanea myrmécologiques II (1905). Ann. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 49: 155-185.
• Forel, A. "Miscellanea myrmécologiques II (1905)." Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 49 (1905): 155-185.
• Gomez K. 2017. Two species of exotic ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) new to Malta. Boletin de la Sociedad Entomologica Aragonesa (S.E.A.) 61: 233-235.
• Santschi F. 1934. Contribution aux Solenopsis paléarctiques. Revue Suisse de Zoologie. 41: 565-592.
• Schembri, Stephen P. and Cedric A. Collingwood. A Revision of the Myrmecofauna of the Maltese Islands. 417-442.