Solenopsis texana truncorum
Solenopsis texana truncorum | |
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Scientific classification (junior synonym of Solenopsis carolinensis) | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
Tribe: | Solenopsidini |
Genus: | Solenopsis |
Species: | Solenopsis texana truncorum Forel, 1901 |
This taxon is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Solenopsis carolinensis.
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- truncorum. Solenopsis texana r. truncorum Forel, 1901e: 346 (w.q.) U.S.A. Raised to species and senior synonym of castanea: Creighton, 1950a: 239. Junior synonym of carolinensis: Pacheco & Mackay, 2013: 127. See also: Thompson & Johnson, 1989: 697.
References
- Creighton, W. S. 1950a. The ants of North America. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 104: 1-585 (page 239, Raised to species, and senior synonym of castanea.)
- Forel, A. 1901j. Variétés myrmécologiques. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 45: 334-382 (page 346, worker, queen described)
- Pacheco, J.A. & Mackay, W.P. 2013. The systematics and biology of the New World thief ants of the genus Solenopsis (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Edwin Mellen Press, Lewiston, New York. 501 pp.
- Thompson, C. R.; Johnson, C. 1989. Rediscovered species and revised key to the Florida thief ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Fla. Entomol. 72: 697-698 (page 697, see also)