Solenopsis tipuna

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Solenopsis tipuna
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Solenopsidini
Genus: Solenopsis
Species: S. tipuna
Binomial name
Solenopsis tipuna
Forel, 1912

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Specimen Labels


Common Name
Okinawa-tofushi-ari
Language: Japanese

Solenopsis tipuna nests in soil or under stones (Terayama 1999), and are polygynous (Japanese Ant Image Database).

At a Glance • Polygynous  

Identification

Terayama (1999) - This species is very similar to Solenopsis japonica, but distinguished from the latter by having a distinctly convex ventral margin of petiole and much more strongly convex dorsal and posterior propodeal margins in profile.

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 24.94246° to 23.43083333°.

   
North
Temperate
North
Subtropical
Tropical South
Subtropical
South
Temperate

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Oriental Region: Taiwan (type locality).
Palaearctic Region: China, Japan.

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

Life History Traits

Castes

Images from AntWeb

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Syntype of Solenopsis tipunaQueen (alate/dealate). Specimen code casent0908879. 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.

  • tipuna. Solenopsis tipuna Forel, 1912a: 56 (w.) TAIWAN.
    • Type-material: holotype worker.
    • Type-locality: Taiwan (“Formosa”): Pilam (H. Sauter).
    • Type-depository: DEIB.
    • Status as species: Emery, 1922e: 203; Wheeler, W.M. 1929g: 61; Teranishi, 1940: 57; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 169; Ettershank, 1966: 144; Bolton, 1995b: 391; Imai, et al. 2003: 132; Lin & Wu, 2003: 66; Terayama, 2009: 157; Guénard & Dunn, 2012: 53.
    • Distribution: China, Japan, Taiwan.

Description

References

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

  • Chapman, J. W., and Capco, S. R. 1951. Check list of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Asia. Monogr. Inst. Sci. Technol. Manila 1: 1-327
  • 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. 1912. H. Sauter's Formosa-Ausbeute. Formicidae (Hym.) (Schluss). Entomol. Mitt. 1: 45-61.
  • Guo Zhenchao. 2006. Taxonomic Study on the ant fauna from Jigongshan and Funiushan in Henan Province. Guangxi Normal University. Master's thesis 91 pages.
  • Guénard B., and R. R. Dunn. 2012. A checklist of the ants of China. Zootaxa 3558: 1-77.
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  • Terayama M. 2009. A synopsis of the family Formicidae of Taiwan (Insecta: Hymenoptera). Research Bulletin of Kanto Gakuen University. Liberal Arts 17:81-266.
  • Terayama M., S. Kubota, and K. Eguchi. 2014. Encyclopedia of Japanese ants. Asakura Shoten: Tokyo, 278 pp.
  • Terayama Mamoru. 2009. A synopsis of the family Formicidae of Taiwan (Insecta, Hymenoptera). The Research Bulletin of Kanto Gakuen University 17: 81-266.
  • Terayama, M. 2009. A synopsis of the family Formicidae of Taiwan (Insecta; Hymenoptera). The Research Bulletin of Kanto Gakuen University 17: 81-266.
  • Terayama. M. and Inoue. N. 1988. Ants collected by the members of the Soil Zoological Expedition to Taiwan. ARI Reports of the Myrmecologists Society (Japan) 18: 25-28
  • Tian M., L. Deharveng, A. Bedos, Y. Li, Z. Xue, B. Feng, and G. Wei. 2011, Advances of cave biodiversity survey: a result based mainly on invertebrates. Proceedings of the 17th National Congress of Speleology, Yinshuidong, Hubei, 1-3 Nov 20111, p 149-163.
  • Wheeler W. M. 1929. Ants collected by Professor F. Silvestri in Formosa, the Malay Peninsula and the Philippines. Bollettino del Laboratorio di Zoologia Generale e Agraria della Reale Scuola Superiore d'Agricoltura. Portici 24: 27-64.
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  • Yamane S. S. Fukumoto, Y. Maeda, and Y. Sato. 2017. Records of ants from Kakeroma-jima, the Amami Islands, Japan. Bull. Biogeogr. Soc. Japan 71, 131-137.
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