Solenopsis canariensis

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Palaearctic Region: Canary Islands.

Biology
Espadaler (2007) - Occurring from 20 to 1300 m, cryptic and underground nesting species. The whole group of small yellow species of Solenopsis is in need of a revisionary study. The small, smooth, shining and morphologically convergent workers are extremely similar and sexuals seem to be the proper phenotype on which to base a sound taxonomy.

Nomenclature

 * . Solenopsis orbuloides r. canariensis Forel, 1893d: 466 (w.) SPAIN (Canary Is).
 * Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
 * Type-locality: Spain: Canary Is, Tenerife, La Punta (Cabrera y Diaz).
 * Type-depository: MHNG.
 * [Also described as new by Forel, 1894a: 161.]
 * Subspecies of orbuloides: Ettershank, 1966: 140 (error).
 * Status as species: Emery, 1909a: 35; Emery, 1922e: 201; Wheeler, W.M. 1927g: 109; Menozzi, 1929a: 4; Wellenius, 1955: 9; Báez & Ortega, 1978: 190; Barquin Diez, 1981: 225; Hohmann, et al. 1993: 149; Bolton, 1995b: 386; Espadaler, 2007: 119; Borowiec, L. 2014: 153.
 * Distribution: Spain (Canary Is).

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.
 * Emery, C. "Beiträge zur Monographie der Formiciden des paläarktischen Faunengebietes. (Hym.) Teil VI. Cardiocondyla, Solenopsis, Oligomyrmex." Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 1909 (1909): 19-37.
 * Espadaler, X. "The ants of El Hierro (Canary Islands)." Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute 80 (2007): 113-127.
 * Espadaler, Xavier. 2007. The Ants of El Hierro (Canary Islands) in Snelling. pp. 113-127
 * Espadaler, Xavier. 2007. The Ants of El Hierro (Canary Islands). Memoirs of the AMer113-127.
 * 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. 1893. Nouvelles fourmis d'Australie et des Canaries. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 37: 454-466.
 * Forel, A. "Nouvelles fourmis d'Australie et des Canaries." Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 37 (1893): 454-466.
 * Hohmann H., F. La Roche, G. Ortega, and J. Barquín. 1993. Bienen, Wespen und Ameisen der Kanarischen Inseln. Veröff. Überseemus. Bremen Naturwiss. 12: 14.
 * Menozzi C. 1929. Formiche di Cuba e delle Isole Canarie raccolte dal Prof. Filippo Silvestri. Bollettino del Laboratorio di Zoologia Generale e Agraria della Reale Scuola Superiore d'Agricoltura, Portici. 23: 1-5.
 * Menozzi, C. "Formiche di Cuba e delle Isole Canarie raccolte dal Prof. Filippo Silvestri." Bollettino del Laboratorio di Zoologia Generale e Agraria della Reale Scuola Superiore d'Agricoltura, Portici 23 (1929): 1-5.
 * Santschi F. 1934. Contribution aux Solenopsis paléarctiques. Revue Suisse de Zoologie. 41: 565-592.
 * Wellenius, O. H. "Entomologische Ergebnisse der finnländischen Kanaren-Expedition 1947-1951. No. 10. Formicidae Insularum Canariensium. Systematik, Ökologie und Verbreitung der Kanarischen Formiciden." Commentationes Biologicae Societas Scienitarum Fennica 15(8) (1955): 1-20.