Solenopsis papuana

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Australasian Region: New Caledonia. Indo-Australian Region: Fiji, Hawaii, Marshall Islands, Micronesia (Federated States of), New Guinea, Northern Mariana Islands, Palau, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Wallis and Futuna Islands. Malagasy Region: Seychelles.

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]]