Solenopsis bicolor

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Neotropical Region: Argentina, Bahamas, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Honduras, Mexico, Panama, Peru, Venezuela.

Nomenclature

 *  bicolor. Carebarella bicolor Emery, 1906c: 138 (q.) ARGENTINA. Borgmeier, 1948b: 465 (w.m.). Combination in Solenopsis: Pacheco & Mackay, 2013: 37, 119. Senior synonym of punctatorugosa: Kempf, 1969: 281; of spei: Pacheco & Mackay, 2013: 119.
 * punctatorugosa. Carebarella bicolor var. punctatorugosa Emery, 1906c: 139 (footnote), fig. 18 (q.) ARGENTINA. Eidmann, 1936: 43 (w.l.). Raised to species: Ettershank, 1966: 115. Junior synonym of bicolor: Kempf, 1969: 281.
 * spei. Solenopsis spei Forel, 1912g: 11 (w.) COLOMBIA. Junior synonym of bicolor: Pacheco & Mackay, 2013: 37.

Additional References

 * Jones, T.H., Adams, R.M.M., Spande, T.F., Garraffo, H.M., Kaneko, T. & Schultz, T.R. 2012. Histrionicotoxin alkaloids finally detected in an ant. Journal of Natural Products 75, 1930−1936.
 * [[Media:Pacheco, J.A. & Mackay, W.P. 2013. The systematics and biology of the New World thief ants of the genus Solenopsis.pdf|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.]]