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Genus: Solenopsis

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Subfamily: Myrmicinae Genus: Solenopsis

Taxonomic History (provided by Barry Bolton, 2013)

Extant: 192 species, 74 subspecies

Fossil: 9 species

Solenopsis Westwood, 1840b PDF: 86 Type-species: Solenopsis mandibularis (junior synonym of Atta geminata), by monotypy. AntCat AntWiki

Taxonomic history

Solenopsis in Poneridae, Attidae: Smith, 1858a PDF: 177.
Solenopsis in Attidae: Smith, 1860a PDF: 74; Smith, 1861b PDF: 48.
Solenopsis in Myrmicidae: Smith, 1871b PDF: 333; Cresson, 1887: 262.
Solenopsis in Myrmicidae, Pheidolidae: Emery, 1877b PDF: 81.
Solenopsis in Myrmicinae: Mayr, 1865: 24 [Myrmicidae]; Emery & Forel, 1879a: 464 [Myrmicidae]; Dalla Torre, 1893: 75.
Solenopsis in Myrmicinae, Solenopsis genus group: Ettershank, 1966 PDF: 81; Bolton, 1987 PDF: 271.
Solenopsis in Myrmicinae, Solenopsidini: Forel, 1893b PDF: 164; Forel, 1895b PDF: 130; Emery, 1895l PDF: 770; Forel, 1899b: 79; Ashmead, 1905c PDF: 383; Wheeler, 1910a PDF: 140; Emery, 1914e: 41; Arnold, 1916 PDF: 242; Forel, 1917 PDF: 243; Emery, 1922c PDF: 195; Wheeler, 1922: 663; Kempf, 1972b PDF: 232; Smith, 1979: 1384; Dlussky & Fedoseeva, 1988: 80; Hölldobler & Wilson, 1990: 16; Jaffe, 1993: 10; Bolton, 1994: 106.
Genus Solenopsis references
Smith, 1858a PDF: 177 (diagnosis); Roger, 1863b PDF: 32 (catalogue); Mayr, 1863a PDF: 453 (catalogue); Mayr, 1865: 24 (diagnosis); Mayr, 1867a PDF: 109 (diagnosis); Mayr, 1870b PDF: 996 (all species key); André, 1883b: 387 (Europe & Algeria species key); Cresson, 1887: 262 (U.S.A. catalogue); Dalla Torre, 1893: 75 (catalogue); Emery, 1896g PDF: 82 (New World species key); Forel, 1903a PDF: 689 (India & Sri Lanka species key); Bingham, 1903 PDF: 158 (India, Sri Lanka & Burma species key); Emery, 1909a PDF: 29 (Palaearctic species key); Emery, 1916a PDF: 165 (Italy species key); Arnold, 1916 PDF: 242 (diagnosis); Emery, 1922c PDF: 195 (diagnosis, catalogue); Wheeler, 1922: 163, 877, 1028 (diagnosis, Afrotropical, Malagasy catalogues); Emery, 1924f PDF: 218 (Oligomyrmex (Octella) diagnosis, catalogue); Creighton, 1930b PDF: 42 (subgenera key); Creighton, 1930b PDF: 45 (Solenopsis (Solenopsis) species key); Creighton, 1930b PDF: 106 (Solenopsis (Euophthalma) species key); Cole, 1942: 361 (U.S.A., Utah species key); Bernard, 1950a PDF: 5 (France species key); Creighton, 1950a PDF: 228 (North America species key); Chapman & Capco, 1951 PDF: 167 (Asia checklist); Wilson, 1952b PDF: 50 (South America Solenopsis saevissima complex, key); Kusnezov, 1953d PDF: 347 (Synsolenopsis species key); Gregg, 1963: 370 (U.S.A., Colorado species key); Snelling, 1963 PDF: 1 (U.S.A.Solenopsis geminata group species); Ettershank, 1966 PDF: 134 (diagnosis, review of genus, checklist); Bernard, 1967a PDF: 170 (diagnosis, Western Europe species key); Kusnezov, 1969 PDF: 37 (Bisolenopsis species key); Buren, 1972 PDF: 1 (Solenopsis geminata group, partial revision); Kempf, 1972b PDF: 232 (Neotropical catalogue); Snelling & Hunt, 1975 PDF: 81 (Chile species key); Kutter, 1977c: 99 (Switzerland species key); Arnol'di & Dlussky, 1978: 539 (former European U.S.S.R. species key); Collingwood, 1978 PDF: 82 (Iberian Peninsula species key); Bernard, 1978a: 573 (France species key); Smith, 1979: 1385 (North America catalogue); Allred, 1982: 443 (U.S.A., Utah species key); Gösswald, 1985: 302 (Germany species key); Taylor & Brown, 1985: 87 (Australia catalogue); Wheeler & Wheeler, 1986g PDF: 50 (U.S.A., Nevada species key); Taylor, 1987a PDF: 72 (Australia, New Caledonia checklist); Agosti & Collingwood, 1987b PDF: 273 (Balkans species key); Bolton, 1987 PDF: 285 (synonymy notes); Thompson & Johnson, 1989 PDF: 697 (U.S.A., Florida species key); Dlussky, Soyunov & Zabelin, 1990 PDF: 240 (Turkmenistan species key); Brandão, 1991 PDF: 378 (Neotropical catalogue); Trager, 1991 PDF: 141 (Solenopsis geminata group revision, key); Morisita, Kubota, et al. 1992: 41 (Japan species key); Arakelian, 1994 PDF: 48 (Armenia species key); Dlussky & Radchenko, 1994a PDF: 102 (Central Palaearctic species key); Bolton, 1995a PDF: 1052 (census); Bolton, 1995b: 386 (catalogue); Wu & Wang, 1995a: 70 (China species key); Collingwood & Agosti, 1996 PDF: 358 (Saudi Arabia species key); Collingwood & Prince, 1998: 18 (Portugal species key); Shattuck, 1999: 165 (Australia synopsis); Taber, 2000: 234 (U.S.A. Solenopsis geminata group, key); Snelling, 2001: 522 (Puerto Rico Solenopsis fugax group, key); Mackay & MacKay, 2002 PDF: 196 (U.S.A., New Mexico species key); Sharaf, Taylor & Klingenberg, 2009 PDF: 51 (Egypt species key); Terayama, 2009 PDF: 157 (Taiwan species key); Heterick, 2009 PDF: 176 (south-western Australia species key); Sharaf & Aldawood, 2011 PDF: 478 (Arabia species key).
Genus Solenopsis references
Smith, 1858a PDF: 177 (diagnosis); Roger, 1863b PDF: 32 (catalogue); Mayr, 1863a PDF: 453 (catalogue); Mayr, 1865: 24 (diagnosis); Mayr, 1867a PDF: 109 (diagnosis); Mayr, 1870b PDF: 996 (all species key); André, 1883b: 387 (Europe & Algeria species key); Cresson, 1887: 262 (U.S.A. catalogue); Dalla Torre, 1893: 75 (catalogue); Emery, 1896g PDF: 82 (New World species key); Forel, 1903a PDF: 689 (India & Sri Lanka species key); Bingham, 1903 PDF: 158 (India, Sri Lanka & Burma species key); Emery, 1909a PDF: 29 (Palaearctic species key); Emery, 1916a PDF: 165 (Italy species key); Arnold, 1916 PDF: 242 (diagnosis); Emery, 1922c PDF: 195 (diagnosis, catalogue); Wheeler, 1922: 163, 877, 1028 (diagnosis, Afrotropical, Malagasy catalogues); Emery, 1924f PDF: 218 (Oligomyrmex (Octella) diagnosis, catalogue); Creighton, 1930b PDF: 42 (subgenera key); Creighton, 1930b PDF: 45 (Solenopsis (Solenopsis) species key); Creighton, 1930b PDF: 106 (Solenopsis (Euophthalma) species key); Cole, 1942: 361 (U.S.A., Utah species key); Bernard, 1950a PDF: 5 (France species key); Creighton, 1950a PDF: 228 (North America species key); Chapman & Capco, 1951 PDF: 167 (Asia checklist); Wilson, 1952b PDF: 50 (South America Solenopsis saevissima complex, key); Kusnezov, 1953d PDF: 347 (Synsolenopsis species key); Gregg, 1963: 370 (U.S.A., Colorado species key); Snelling, 1963 PDF: 1 (U.S.A.Solenopsis geminata group species); Ettershank, 1966 PDF: 134 (diagnosis, review of genus, checklist); Bernard, 1967a PDF: 170 (diagnosis, Western Europe species key); Kusnezov, 1969 PDF: 37 (Bisolenopsis species key); Buren, 1972 PDF: 1 (Solenopsis geminata group, partial revision); Kempf, 1972b PDF: 232 (Neotropical catalogue); Snelling & Hunt, 1975 PDF: 81 (Chile species key); Kutter, 1977c: 99 (Switzerland species key); Arnol'di & Dlussky, 1978: 539 (former European U.S.S.R. species key); Collingwood, 1978 PDF: 82 (Iberian Peninsula species key); Bernard, 1978a: 573 (France species key); Smith, 1979: 1385 (North America catalogue); Allred, 1982: 443 (U.S.A., Utah species key); Gösswald, 1985: 302 (Germany species key); Taylor & Brown, 1985: 87 (Australia catalogue); Wheeler & Wheeler, 1986g PDF: 50 (U.S.A., Nevada species key); Taylor, 1987a PDF: 72 (Australia, New Caledonia checklist); Agosti & Collingwood, 1987b PDF: 273 (Balkans species key); Bolton, 1987 PDF: 285 (synonymy notes); Thompson & Johnson, 1989 PDF: 697 (U.S.A., Florida species key); Dlussky, Soyunov & Zabelin, 1990 PDF: 240 (Turkmenistan species key); Brandão, 1991 PDF: 378 (Neotropical catalogue); Trager, 1991 PDF: 141 (Solenopsis geminata group revision, key); Morisita, Kubota, et al. 1992: 41 (Japan species key); Arakelian, 1994 PDF: 48 (Armenia species key); Dlussky & Radchenko, 1994a PDF: 102 (Central Palaearctic species key); Bolton, 1995a PDF: 1052 (census); Bolton, 1995b: 386 (catalogue); Wu & Wang, 1995a: 70 (China species key); Collingwood & Agosti, 1996 PDF: 358 (Saudi Arabia species key); Collingwood & Prince, 1998: 18 (Portugal species key); Shattuck, 1999: 165 (Australia synopsis); Taber, 2000: 234 (U.S.A. Solenopsis geminata group, key); Snelling, 2001: 522 (Puerto Rico Solenopsis fugax group, key); Mackay & MacKay, 2002 PDF: 196 (U.S.A., New Mexico species key); Sharaf, Taylor & Klingenberg, 2009 PDF: 51 (Egypt species key); Terayama, 2009 PDF: 157 (Taiwan species key); Heterick, 2009 PDF: 176 (south-western Australia species key); Sharaf & Aldawood, 2011 PDF: 478 (Arabia species key); Marcus, 1953: 122 (Fiji species key); Sharaf & Aldawood, 2012: 17 (Egypt & Saudi Arabia key).

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