Solenopsis latro

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Solenopsis latro
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Solenopsidini
Genus: Solenopsis
Species: S. latro
Binomial name
Solenopsis latro
Forel, 1894

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Specimen Labels

Subspecies

Identification

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 42.45° to 34.025278°.

   
North
Temperate
North
Subtropical
Tropical South
Subtropical
South
Temperate

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Palaearctic Region: Algeria (type locality), Balearic Islands, Greece, Iberian Peninsula, Israel, Portugal, Spain, Türkiye.

Distribution based on AntMaps

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Distribution based on AntWeb specimens

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Countries Occupied

Number of countries occupied by this species based on AntWiki Regional Taxon Lists. In general, fewer countries occupied indicates a narrower range, while more countries indicates a more widespread species.
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Estimated Abundance

Relative abundance based on number of AntMaps records per species (this species within the purple bar). Fewer records (to the left) indicates a less abundant/encountered species while more records (to the right) indicates more abundant/encountered species.
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Biology

Castes

Images from AntWeb

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Syntype of Solenopsis latroWorker. Specimen code casent0908862. Photographer Z. Lieberman, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. Owned by MHNG, Geneva, Switzerland.
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Syntype of Solenopsis latro msilanaWorker. Specimen code casent0908863. Photographer Z. Lieberman, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. Owned by MHNG, Geneva, Switzerland.

Nomenclature

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

  • latro. Solenopsis latro Forel, 1894d: 21 (w.) ALGERIA.
    • Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
    • Type-locality: Algeria: Oran, Souk Ahras, 1893 (A.Forel).
    • Type-depository: MHNG.
    • Status as species: Wasmann, 1894: 162; Emery, 1909a: 33; Santschi, 1911f: 83; Karavaiev, 1912a: 11; Emery, 1916b: 165; Emery, 1922e: 202; Wheeler, W.M. 1926: 3; Kutter, 1927: 100; Santschi, 1934e: 580; Baroni Urbani, 1964b: 52; Ettershank, 1966: 141; Collingwood & Yarrow, 1969: 67; Baroni Urbani, 1971c: 85; Collingwood, 1978: 83 (in key); Agosti & Collingwood, 1987a: 55; Agosti & Collingwood, 1987b: 273 (in key); Collingwood, 1993b: 194; Bolton, 1995b: 388; Poldi, et al. 1995: 4; Espadaler, 1997b: 31; Collingwood & Prince, 1998: 18 (in key); Cagniant, 2006a: 196; Petrov, 2006: 95 (in key); Vonshak, et al. 2009: 44; Karaman, M.G. 2011b: 53; Legakis, 2011: 15; Borowiec, L. & Salata, 2012: 534; Kiran & Karaman, 2012: 24; Borowiec, L. 2014: 156 (see note in bibliography); Lebas, et al. 2016: 334; Salata & Borowiec, 2018c: 48.
    • Distribution: Algeria, Greece, Israel, Italy (+ Sardinia, Sicily), Morocco, Portugal, Serbia, Spain, Turkey.
    • Current subspecies: nominal plus msilana, sicula.

Description

References

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

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