Solenopsis nitens
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| Solenopsis nitens | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Solenopsidini |
| Genus: | Solenopsis |
| Species: | S. nitens |
| Binomial name | |
| Solenopsis nitens Bingham, 1903
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Contents
Identification
Distribution
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Oriental Region: India, Sri Lanka (type locality).
Distribution based on AntMaps
Distribution based on AntWeb specimens
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Biology
Castes
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's New General Catalogue, a catalogue of the world's ants.
- nitens. Solenopsis nitens Bingham, 1903: 160 (w.) SRI LANKA.
Description
References
- Bingham, C. T. 1903. The fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. Hymenoptera, Vol. II. Ants and Cuckoo-wasps. London: Taylor and Francis, 506 pp. (page 160, worker described)
