Species: Solenopsis molesta
Taxonomic Hierarchy:
Subfamily:
Myrmicinae
Genus:
Solenopsis
Distribution:
Statewide
Biology:
Ubiquitous, often found in mounds of Formica spp.
Taxonomic History (provided by Barry Bolton, 2010)
molesta. Myrmica molesta Say, 1836: 293 (q.) U.S.A. Wheeler, G.C. & Wheeler, J. 1955c: 134 (l.); Petralia & Vinson, 1980: 383 (l.); Crozier, 1970: 116 (k.). Combination in Solenopsis: Mayr, 1863: 407; in S. (Diplorhoptrum): Creighton, 1950a: 237. Senior synonym of debilis, exigua, minuta: Emery, 1895c: 277; Emery, 1896g: 85; of validiuscula: Smith, D.R. 1979: 1387.
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