Solenopsis wolfi

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

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Specimen Labels

Identification

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 44.55° to 35.248591°.

 
North
Temperate
North
Subtropical
Tropical South
Subtropical
South
Temperate

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Palaearctic Region: Croatia, Greece, Iran, North Macedonia, Slovenia, Türkiye.

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.

  • wolfi. Solenopsis wolfi Emery, 1915a: 259, pl. 4, fig. 10 (w.) CROATIA.
    • Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
    • Type-localities: Croatia: Dalmatia, Lesina I., Privorac cave (J. Müller), Croatia: Dalmatia, Gjevrske (Wolf).
    • Type-depository: MSNG.
    • Subspecies of fugax: Müller, 1923a: 70; Müller, 1923b: 79; Santschi, 1934e: 567; Zimmermann, 1935: 29.
    • Status as species: Emery, 1916b: 165; Emery, 1922e: 203; Ettershank, 1966: 144; Agosti & Collingwood, 1987a: 55; Agosti & Collingwood, 1987a: 55; Agosti & Collingwood, 1987b: 273 (in key); Collingwood, 1993b: 194; Bolton, 1995b: 392; Bračko, 2006: 140; Petrov, 2006: 95 (in key); Bračko, 2007: 18; Legakis, 2011: 15; Borowiec, L. & Salata, 2012: 535; Borowiec, L. 2014: 159; Salata & Borowiec, 2018c: 48.
    • Distribution: Croatia, Greece, Serbia, Slovenia.

Description

References

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

  • Borowiec L. 2014. Catalogue of ants of Europe, the Mediterranean Basin and adjacent regions (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Genus (Wroclaw) 25(1-2): 1-340.
  • Borowiec L., and S. Salata. 2012. Ants of Greece - Checklist, comments and new faunistic data (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Genus 23(4): 461-563.
  • Bracko G. 2007. Checklist of the ants of Slovenia (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Natura Sloveniae 9: 15-24
  • Bracko, G. 2006. Review of the ant fauna (Hymenoptera:Formicidae) of Croatia. Acta Entomologica Slovenica 14(2): 131-156.
  • Collingwood, C. A. 1993. A Comparitive Study of the Ant Fauna of Five Greek Islands. Biologia Gallo-hellenica. 20,1:191-197
  • Collingwood, C. A. "A comparative study of the ant fauna of five Greek islands." Biologia Gallo-Hellenica 20 (1993): 191-197.
  • Czechowski W., A. Radchenko, W. Czechowska and K. Vepsäläinen. 2012. The ants of Poland with reference to the myrmecofauna of Europe. Fauna Poloniae 4. Warsaw: Natura Optima Dux Foundation, 1-496 pp
  • Legakis Collection Database
  • Müller, G. "Le formiche della Venezia Guilia e della Dalmazia." Bollettino della Società Adriatica di Scienze Naturali in Trieste 28 (1923): 11-180.
  • Petrov I. Z., and C. A. Collingwood. 1992. Survey of the myrmecofauna (Formicidae, Hymenoptera) of Yugoslavia. Archives of Biological Sciences (Belgrade) 44: 79-91.
  • Santschi F. 1934. Contribution aux Solenopsis paléarctiques. Revue Suisse de Zoologie. 41: 565-592.