Solenopsis sabeana

Solenopsis sabeana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Solenopsidini
Genus:	Solenopsis
Species:	S. sabeana
Binomial name
Solenopsis sabeana (Buckley, 1867)

This taxon is considered to be unidentifiable and its identity is uncertain.

Distribution

Distribution based on type material

United States (type locality).

Distribution based on AntMaps

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Nomenclature

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

• sabeana. Myrmica (Atta) sabeana Buckley, 1867: 343 (w.) U.S.A. (Texas).
  • Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
  • Type-locality: U.S.A.: Texas, Mason County, ford of the San Saba river (S.B. Buckley).
  • Type-depository: unknown (no type-material is known to exist).
  • Combination in Aphaenogaster: Cresson, 1887: 260; Dalla Torre, 1893: 104;
  • combination in Solenopsis: Emery, 1895c: 276.
  • Status as species: Cresson, 1887: 260.
  • Junior synonym of geminata: Emery, 1895c: 276; Wheeler, W.M. 1902f: 28.
  • [Note: synonymy with xyloni postulated but cannot be proved: Wheeler, W.M. 1915b: 395; Emery, 1922e: 197; Creighton, 1930b: 98; Smith, M.R. 1951a: 812; Smith, D.R. 1979: 1389; Trager, 1991: 167.]
  • Unidentifiable taxon; incertae sedis in Solenopsis: Bolton, 1995b: 390.

References

• Buckley, S. B. 1867. Descriptions of new species of North American Formicidae (continued from page 172.). Proc. Entomol. Soc. Phila. 6: 335-350 (page 343, worker described)
• Creighton, W. S. 1950a. The ants of North America. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 104: 1-585 (page 98, Synonymy with xyloni postulated but cannot be proved)
• Emery, C. 1895d. Beiträge zur Kenntniss der nordamerikanischen Ameisenfauna. (Schluss). Zool. Jahrb. Abt. Syst. Geogr. Biol. Tiere 8: 257-360 (page 276, Junior synonym of geminata)
• Smith, D. R. 1979. Superfamily Formicoidea. Pp. 1323-1467 in: Krombein, K. V., Hurd, P. D., Smith, D. R., Burks, B. D. (eds.) Catalog of Hymenoptera in America north of Mexico. Volume 2. Apocrita (Aculeata). Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Pr (page 1389, Synonymy with xyloni postulated but cannot be proved)
• Trager, J. C. 1991. A revision of the fire ants, Solenopsis geminata group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae). J. N. Y. Entomol. Soc. 99: 141-198 (page 167, Synonymy with xyloni postulated but cannot be proved)
• Wheeler, W. M. 1915b. Some additions to the North American ant-fauna. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 34: 389-421 (page 395, Synonymy with xyloni postulated but cannot be proved)