Solenopsis shiptoni Santschi, 2007

Wild, A. L., 2007, A catalogue of the ants of Paraguay (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)., Zootaxa 1622, pp. 1-55 : 54

publication ID

21367

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6239979

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/5C11673F-6DD1-A467-2E93-1519B750A027

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scientific name

Solenopsis shiptoni Santschi
status

NEW STATUS

Solenopsis shiptoni Santschi   HNS 1916. NEW STATUS.

Solenopsis shiptoni Forel   HNS 1914b: 276. [syntype w image examined, www.antweb.org (specimens at MHNG); Tucumán, Argentina (Shipton)] .

Solenopsis metanotalis shiptoni Forel   HNS . Creighton 1930: 127.

Solenopsis shiptoni   HNS can be recognized by the following combination of character states: strong transverse striae present on propodeal dorsum; compound eyes comprised of <30 ommatidia; postpetiolar node in dorsal view broader than long; head width> 0.4 mm; body color testaceous to light reddish brown. These ants are uncommonly collected in Paraguay, and all records are from the Chaco. The taxonomy of the complex of species associated with S. metanotalis   HNS is poorly understood and I change the status of S. shiptoni   HNS to eliminate the trinomen. Most of the material I have seen identified as S. metanotalis   HNS has less pronounced mesosomal striation, larger eyes, and a narrower postpetiole than S. shiptoni   HNS , but the question of whether this variation is intra- or inter-specific will require more detailed study than is possible in the present study.

MHNG

Switzerland, Geneva, Museum d'Histoire Naturelle

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Formicidae

SubFamily

Pseudomyrmecinae

Genus

Solenopsis

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