Solenopsis picta moerens

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Solenopsis picta moerens
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Solenopsis picta)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Solenopsidini
Genus: Solenopsis
Species: Solenopsis picta moerens
Wheeler, W.M., 1915

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

Nomenclature

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

  • moerens. Solenopsis picta var. moerens Wheeler, W.M. 1915b: 393 (w.) U.S.A. Junior synonym of picta: Creighton, 1950a: 237; Pacheco & Mackay, 2013: 268.

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