Solenopsis puncticeps
Solenopsis puncticeps | |
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Scientific classification (junior synonym of Solenopsis pergandei) | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
Tribe: | Solenopsidini |
Genus: | Solenopsis |
Species: | Solenopsis puncticeps Mackay, W.P. & Vinson, 1989 |
This taxon is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Solenopsis pergandei.
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- puncticeps. Solenopsis (Diplorhoptrum) puncticeps Mackay, W.P. & Vinson, 1989a: 177, figs. 5-8 (w.) U.S.A. Junior synonym of pergandei: Pacheco & Mackay, 2013: 258.
References
- Mackay, W.P. & Vinson, S.B. 1989a. Two new ants of the genus Solenopsis (Diplorhoptrum) from eastern Texas. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 91: 175-178. [13.iv.1989.] (page 177, figs. 5-8 worker described)
- Pacheco, J.A. & Mackay, W.P. 2013. The systematics and biology of the New World thief ants of the genus Solenopsis (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Edwin Mellen Press, Lewiston, New York. 501 pp.