Solenopsis papuana

Distribution
This taxon was described from New Guinea. It is also found in New Caledonia, Fiji, Solomon Islands, Samoa, Tonga, Marshall Islands, Palau, Micronesia (Federated States of), Northern Mariana Islands and Wallis and Futuna Islands.

Castes
Workers, queens and males have been described.

Nomenclature

 *  papuana. Solenopsis papuana Emery, 1900c: 330 (w.q.) NEW GUINEA. Senior synonym of cleptis, dahlii, vitiensis: Wilson & Taylor, 1967: 60.
 * dahlii. Solenopsis dahlii Forel, 1901b: 14 (w.q.m.) NEW GUINEA (Bismarck Archipelago). Junior synonym of papuana: Wilson & Taylor, 1967: 60.
 * cleptis. Solenopsis cleptis Mann, 1919: 330 (w.) SOLOMON IS. Junior synonym of papuana: Wilson & Taylor, 1967: 60.
 * vitiensis. Solenopsis cleptis var. vitiensis Mann, 1921: 444 (w.) FIJI IS. Junior synonym of papuana: Wilson & Taylor, 1967: 60.

Additional References

 * [[Media:Emery 1900c.pdf|Emery, C. 1900c. Formicidarum species novae vel minus cognitae in collectione Musaei Nationalis Hungarici quas in Nova-Guinea, colonia germanica, collegit L. Biró. Publicatio secunda. Természetr. Füz. 23: 310-338]]


 * [[Media:Forel 1901c.pdf|Forel, A. 1901c. Formiciden aus dem Bismarck-Archipel, auf Grundlage des von Prof. Dr. F. Dahl gesammelten Materials. Mitt. Zool. Mus. Berl. 2: 4-37]]


 * [[Media:Mann 1919.pdf |Mann, W. M. 1919. The ants of the British Solomon Islands. Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. 63: 273-391]]


 * [[Media:Ants of Polynesia.pdf|Wilson, E. O.; Taylor, R. W. 1967b. The ants of Polynesia (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Pac. Insects Monogr. 14: 1-109]]