Solenopsis oraniensis

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

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Specimen Labels

Identification

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 39.028611° to 33.985833°.

   
North
Temperate
North
Subtropical
Tropical South
Subtropical
South
Temperate

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Palaearctic Region: Algeria (type locality), Iberian Peninsula, Portugal, Spain.

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

Nomenclature

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

  • oraniensis. Solenopsis oraniensis Forel, 1894d: 22 (w.q.) ALGERIA.
    • Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated), 1 syntype queen.
    • Type-locality: Algeria: Oran, Hammam bou Hadjar, 1893 (A.Forel).
    • Type-depository: MHNG.
    • Combination in S. (Diplorhoptrum): Santschi, 1934e: 568.
    • Subspecies of latro: Emery, 1909a: 34; Emery, 1922e: 202.
    • Status as species: Wasmann, 1894: 162; Santschi, 1934e: 580; Ettershank, 1966: 142; Cagniant, 1970a: 418; Bolton, 1995b: 389; Cagniant, 2006a: 196; Borowiec, L. 2014: 157; Lebas, et al. 2016: 334.
    • Distribution: Algeria, Portugal, Spain.

Description

References

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

  • Borowiec L. 2014. Catalogue of ants of Europe, the Mediterranean Basin and adjacent regions (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Genus (Wroclaw) 25(1-2): 1-340.
  • Cagniant, H. Les peuplements de fourmis des forêts algériennes: écologie, biocénotique, essai biologique. Universite de Toulouse, 1973.
  • Ettershank G. 1966. A generic revision of the world Myrmicinae related to Solenopsis and Pheidologeton (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Aust. J. Zool. 14: 73-171.
  • Forel, A. 1894. Les formicides de la province d'Oran (Algerie). Bulletin de la Société Vaudoise des Sciences Naturelles 30: 1-45.
  • Forel, A. "Les Formicides de la Province d'Oran (Algérie)." Bulletin de la Société Vaudoise des Sciences Naturelles 30 (1894): 1-45.