Solenopsis orbula oblongior

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Solenopsis orbula oblongior
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Solenopsis deserticola)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Solenopsidini
Genus: Solenopsis
Species: Solenopsis orbula oblongior
Karavaiev, 1926

This taxon is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Solenopsis deserticola.

Nomenclature

The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.

  • oblongior. Solenopsis orbula subsp. oblongior Karavaiev, 1926c: 161, fig. 1 (w.) CAUCASUS. Junior synonym of deserticola: Dlussky & Zabelin, 1985: 222.

References

  • Dlussky, G. M.; Zabelin, S. I. 1985. Ant fauna (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of the River Sumbar Basin (south-west Kopetdag). Pp. 208-246 in: Nechaevaya, N. T. (ed.) The vegetation and animal world of western Kopetdag. Ashkhabad: Ylym, 278 pp. (page 222, Junior synonym of deserticola)
  • Karavaiev, V. 1926c. Beiträge zur Ameisenfauna des Kaukasus, nebst einigen Bemerkungen über andere palaearktische Formen. (Fortsetzung). Konowia 5: 161-169 (page 161, fig. 1 worker described)