Solenopsidini

The tribe Solenopsidini belongs to the subfamily Myrmicinae. For a list of genera contained within this tribe see Solenopsidini genera, for species see Solenopsidini species.

Synopsis

Tribe SOLENOPSIDINI
Solenopsisii Forel, 1893a: 164. Type-genus: Solenopsis.
Taxonomic history
Solenopsidini as tribe of Myrmicinae: Forel, 1893a: 164 [Solenopsisii]; Emery, 1895j: 769 [Solenopsidii]; Forel, 1899c: 79 [Solenopsidii]; Ashmead, 1905b: 383; Wheeler, W.M. 1910g: 140 [Solenopsidii]; Emery, 1914a: 37; Wheeler, W.M. 1915h: 46 [Solenopsidiini]; Arnold, 1916: 203; Forel, 1917: 242; Emery, 1922e: 158; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 670; all subsequent authors.

Junior synonyms of SOLENOPSIDINI

Pheidologetini Emery, 1914a: 38 (diagnosis in key). Type-genus: Pheidologeton.
Taxonomic history
Pheidologetini as tribe of Myrmicinae: Emery, 1914a: 38; Arnold, 1916: 248; Forel, 1917: 243; Emery, 1922e: 206; Emery, 1924d: 207; Bolton, 1992: 38 [Pheidologetonini]; Bolton, 1994: 106 [Pheidologetonini].
Pheidologetini as junior synonym of Solenopsidini: Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 659; Bolton, 2003: 59.

Monomoriini Emery, 1914a: 41. Type-genus: Monomorium.
Taxonomic history
Monomoriini as subtribe of Solenopsidini: Emery, 1914a: 41; Arnold, 1916: 203; Forel, 1917: 242; Emery, 1922e: 162.
Monomoriini as tribe of Myrmicinae: Dlussky & Fedoseeva, 1988: 80.
Monomoriini as junior synonym of Solenopsidini: Bolton, 1994: 106.

Monomoriini Wheeler, W.M. 1915h: 45. Type-genus: Monomorium.
Taxonomic history
Monomoriini as tribe of Myrmicinae: Wheeler, W.M. 1915h: 45.
Monomoriini as junior synonym of Solenopsidini: Bolton, 1995b: 13.

*Hypopomyrmiciti Brown, 1952g: 10 (footnote). Type-genus: *Hypopomyrmex.
Taxonomic history
*Hypopomyrmiciti as subtribe of Dacetini: Brown, 1952g: 10.
*Hypopomyrmiciti as junior synonym of Pheidologetini: Brown & Carpenter, 1979: 422 (by implication); Bolton, 1995b: 12.
*Hypopomyrmiciti as junior synonym of Solenopsidini: Bolton, 2003: 59.

Megalomyrmecini Dlussky & Fedoseeva: 1988: 80. Type-genus: Megalomyrmex.
Taxonomic history
Megalomyrmecini as tribe of Myrmicinae: Dlussky & Fedoseeva: 1988: 80.
Megalomyrmecini as junior synonym of Solenopsidini: Bolton, 1994: 106.
Genera of Solenopsidini: Adlerzia, Allomerus, Anillomyrma, Bondroitia, Carebara, Carebarella, Diplomorium, Dolopomyrmex, Formosimyrma, Machomyrma, Mayriella, Megalomyrmex, Monomorium, Oxyepoecus, Pheidologeton, Solenopsis, Tranopelta, Tropidomyrmex.

Genera (extinct) incertae sedis in Solenopsidini: *Hypopomyrmex, *Oxyidris.

Tribe Solenopsidini references
Emery, 1895j: 769 (diagnosis); Wheeler, W.M. 1910g: 140 (diagnosis); Emery, 1914a: 37, 38, 41 (diagnoses (in key), synoptic classification); Forel, 1917: 242 (synoptic classification); Emery, 1922e: 158, 206 (Solenopsidini diagnosis, genera key, catalogue; Pheidologetini diagnosis); Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 670 (genera key); Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 862, 1026 (Afrotropical, Malagasy catalogues); Emery, 1924d: 207 (Pheidologetini genera key, catalogue); Kusnezov, 1957a: 267 (Neotropical genera key); Ettershank, 1966: 73 (review of Solenopsidini, genera diagnoses); Ettershank, 1966: 115 (Pheidologeton group review); Wheeler, G.C. & Wheeler, J. 1976b: 55 (larvae, review & synthesis); Kugler, C. 1978a: 455 (sting structure); Kugler, C. 1986: 221 (Pheidologeton group sting structure); Bolton, 1987: 263 (diagnosis, review of tribe, genera key); Dlussky & Fedoseeva, 1988: 80 (synoptic classification); Brandão, 1991: 390 (Neotropical, synoptic classification); Hölldobler & Wilson, 1990: 16 (synoptic classification); Bolton, 1994: 106 (synoptic classification); Bolton, 1995a: 1041 (census); Bolton, 1995b: 14, 15 (catalogue); Bolton, 2003: 60, 207 (diagnosis, synopsis); Fernández, 2003d: 322 (Neotropical genera).