Solenopsis marxi

Heterick & Kitching (2022) collected this species in a pitfall trap within a lowland dipterocarp forest in Brunei.

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Indo-Australian Region: Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia. Neotropical Region: Mexico.

Nomenclature

 * pygmaea. Solenopsis pygmaea Forel, 1905c: 21 (w.) INDONESIA (Java).
 * Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
 * Type-locality: Indonesia: Java, Buitenzorg (= Bogor), 7.iii.1904, and 24.ii.1904 (K. Kraepelin).
 * Type-depository: MHNG.
 * [Junior primary homonym of Solenopsis pygmaea Forel, 1901e: 345.]
 * Status as species: Chapman & Capco, 1951: 169 (error).
 * Replacement name: Solenopsis marxi Forel, 1915c: 354.
 * . Solenopsis marxi Forel, 1915c: 354.
 * Replacement name for Solenopsis pygmaea Forel, 1905c: 21. [Junior primary homonym of Solenopsis pygmaea Forel, 1901e: 345.]
 * Status as species: Emery, 1922e: 203; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 168 (attributed to Donisthorpe); Ettershank, 1966: 142; Bolton, 1995b: 389.
 * Distribution: Indonesia (Java).

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

 * Chapman, J. W., and Capco, S. R. 1951. Check list of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Asia. Monogr. Inst. Sci. Technol. Manila 1: 1-327
 * 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. Ameisen aus Java. Gesammelt von Prof. Karl Kraepelin 1904. Mitt. Naturhist. Mus. Hambg. 22: 1-26.