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Solenopsis zingibara
| Solenopsis zingibara | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Solenopsidini |
| Genus: | Solenopsis |
| Species: | S. zingibara |
| Binomial name | |
| Solenopsis zingibara Collingwood & Agosti, 1996 | |
Other than "workers were taken singly in a lowland valley" (included with the original description and pertaining to the type series) nothing is known about the biology of Solenopsis zingibara.
Identification
Sharaf & Aldawood (2012) - Solenopsis zingibara is similar to Solenopsis sumara, both are the only yellowish brown species but the former can be readily recognized from the later by the following characters: head square; frons with six strong frontal striae; and eyes consist of three-four ommatidia; whereas sumara has a subrectangular head, frons without frontal striae; and eyes with only two ommatidia.
Keys including this Species
Distribution
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: Yemen (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. |
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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
Known only from the worker caste.
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- zingibara. Solenopsis zingibara Collingwood & Agosti, 1996: 359 (w.) YEMEN.
- Type-material: holotype worker, 7 paratype workers.
- Type-locality: holotype Yemen: Wadi nr Zingibar, 21.iii.1993 (C.A. Collingwood); paratypes with same data.
- Type-depository: WMLC.
- Status as species: Sharaf & Aldawood, 2011: 478 (in key); Sharaf & Aldawood, 2012: 16; Borowiec, L. 2014: 159.
- Distribution: Yemen.
Unless otherwise noted the text for the remainder of this section is reported from the publication that includes the original description.
Description
Worker
Sharaf & Aldawood (2012) - TL 1.6–2.8; HL 0.50–0.70; HW 0.40–0.61; SL 0.35–0.40; SI 66; C I94
Description of Collingwood & Agosti. Head rather square, only slightly longer than broad with gently curved sides and weakly concave posterior margin; eyes small with three-four ommatidia; central clypeal teeth prominent, lateral teeth slightly projecting and visible in dorsal view. In major workers head with six strong frontal striae and scattered coarse punctures. Mesosoma and nodes with spaced punctulate sculpture; anterior pronotal edge slightly raised at the well-marked metanotal groove; propodeal dorsum shorter than declivity and obliquely rounded. Body and head pilosity sparse. Color yellowish brown and general aspect shining.
Type Material
Sharaf & Aldawood (2012) - A Holotype worker and 7 paratype workers, YEMEN: Wadi near Zingibar, 21.III.1993 (C. A. Collingwood) [not in World Museum, Liverpool, presumably lost].
The original paper (p. 301) stated all type material was deposited in the NHMB but no material of this species labeled as types can be found there (Daniel Burkhardt, Isabelle Pfander, Guy Knight & Tony Hunter, personal communication). Neither could one of us (MRS) find any specimens in the WMLC. Queens and males are unknown.
References
- Borowiec, L. 2014. Catalogue of ants of Europe, the Mediterranean Basin and adjacent regions (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Genus (Wroclaw) 25(1-2): 1-340.
- Collingwood, C. A.; Agosti, D. 1996. Formicidae (Insecta: Hymenoptera) of Saudi Arabia (part 2). Fauna Saudi Arab. 15: 300-385 (page 359, worker described)
- Sharaf, M.R. and Aldawood, A.S. 2012. Ants of the genus Solenopsis Westwood 1840 in the Arabian Peninsula with description of a new species, Solenopsis elhawagryi. PloS ONE. 7(11):21 pp. doi:10.1371/journal.pone*Sharaf, M.R., Gotzek, D., Guénard, B., Fisher, B.L., Aldawood, A.S., Al Dhafer, H.M., Mohamed, A.A. 2020. Molecular phylogenetic analysis and morphological reassessments of thief ants identify a new potential case of biological invasions. Scientific Reports 10, 12040 (doi:[https://doi.org/10.1038%2Fs41598-020-69029-4 10.1038/s41598-020-69029-4).
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