Solenopsis solenopsidis

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Solenopsis solenopsidis
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Solenopsidini
Genus: Solenopsis
Species: S. solenopsidis
Binomial name
Solenopsis solenopsidis
(Kusnezov, 1953)

Identification

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Neotropical Region: Argentina (type locality).

Distribution based on AntMaps

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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.
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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.
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Biology

Castes

Nomenclature

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

  • solenopsidis. Paranamyrma solenopsidis Kusnezov, 1953d: 17, pl. 3, fig. 16; pl. 4, fig. 23 (q.m.) ARGENTINA (no province data).
    • Type-material: 90 syntype queens, 43 syntype males.
    • Type-locality: Argentina: Entre Rios, Parque General San Martín (ca 24 km. NE Paraná), v.1951 (N. Kusnezov).
    • [Note: type-data from Kusnezov, 1954a: 12.]
    • Type-depository: IMLT.
    • [Also described as new by Kusnezov, 1954a: 12.]
    • Combination in Solenopsis: Ettershank, 1966: 143.
    • Status as species: Kusnezov, 1957a: 267; Ettershank, 1966: 143; Kutter, 1968b: 204; Kempf, 1972a: 240; Bolton, 1995b: 391.
    • Distribution: Argentina.

Description

References

  • Ettershank, G. 1966. A generic revision of the world Myrmicinae related to Solenopsis and Pheidologeton (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Aust. J. Zool. 14: 73-171 (page 143, Combination in Solenopsis)
  • Kusnezov, N. 1953g. Bisolenopsis sea. Un nuevo género y especie de hormigas y sus relaciones con los géneros vecinos (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Mem. Mus. Entre Ríos 31: 7-44 (page 17, pl. 3, fig. 16; pl. 4, fig. 23 queen, male described)
  • Kusnezov, N. 1954a. Un género nuevo de hormigas (Paranamyrma solenopsidis nov. gen. nov. sp.) y los problemas relacionados (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Mem. Mus. Entre Ríos 30: 7-21 (page 12, also described as new)

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

  • Cuezzo, F. 1998. Formicidae. Chapter 42 in Morrone J.J., and S. Coscaron (dirs) Biodiversidad de artropodos argentinos: una perspectiva biotaxonomica Ediciones Sur, La Plata. Pages 452-462.
  • Kempf, W.W. 1972. Catalago abreviado das formigas da regiao Neotropical (Hym. Formicidae) Studia Entomologica 15(1-4).
  • Kusnezov N. 1954. Un género nuevo de hormigas (Paranamyrma solenopsidis nov. gen. nov. sp.) y los problemas relacionados (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Memorias del Museo de Entre Ríos 30: 7-21.
  • Kusnezov N. 1962. El vuelo nupcial de las hormigas. Acta Zoologica Lilloana 18: 385-442.
  • Vittar, F. 2008. Hormigas (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) de la Mesopotamia Argentina. INSUGEO Miscelania 17(2):447-466