Solenopsis bruesi

Identification
A member of the Solenopsis geminata species-group.

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Neotropical Region: Peru.

Nomenclature

 * . Solenopsis (Solenopsis) gayi subsp. bruesi Creighton, 1930b: 52, pl. 4, figs. 4, 5 (w.) PERU.
 * Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated, “a number”).
 * Type-locality: Peru: Chosica Canyon (C.T. Brues).
 * Type-depositories: LACM, MCZC.
 * Subspecies of gayi: Ettershank, 1966: 140; Kempf, 1972a: 235.
 * Status as species: Trager, 1991: 172 (redescription); Bolton, 1995b: 386; Bezděčková, et al. 2015: 121.
 * Distribution: Peru.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

 * Bezdeckova K., P. Bedecka, and I. Machar. 2015. A checklist of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Peru. Zootaxa 4020 (1): 101–133.
 * Creighton W. S. 1930. The New World species of the genus Solenopsis (Hymenop. Formicidae). Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 66: 39-151.
 * Ettershank G. 1966. A generic revision of the world Myrmicinae related to Solenopsis and Pheidologeton (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Aust. J. Zool. 14: 73-171.
 * Fernández, F. and S. Sendoya. 2004. Lista de las hormigas neotropicales. Biota Colombiana Volume 5, Number 1.
 * Kempf, W.W. 1972. Catalago abreviado das formigas da regiao Neotropical (Hym. Formicidae) Studia Entomologica 15(1-4).
 * Trager J. C. 1991. A revision of the fire ants, Solenopsis geminata group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae). Journal of the New York Entomological Society 99: 141-198