Solenopsis invicta Buren, 1972 valid
Solenopsis invica [sic] Buren, 1972: 9, fig. 2 (w.q.m.) The misspelling invica occurs in the title of the species, but the name is spelled correctly, invicta, on previous pages 1-8, as well as on subsequent pages and in figure captions. BRAZIL (Mato Grosso), U.S.A. (Alabama). Neotropic.
Primary type information: Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Brazil: Mato Grosso, Cuiaba, 16.ii.1971 (W. Whitcomb & R. Williams). Primary type depository: MZSP. Secondary type information: Secondary type material: paratype workers (number not stated, “a number of nest series”). Secondary type localities: paratypes: “numerous” workers with same data as holotype, workers of “several additional colonies” Cuiaba and 42 km. SE Cuiaba, ii.1971 (W. Whitcomb & R. Williams), 10 paratype workers Mato Grosso, Chapada (no collector’s name), paratype workers (number not stated) U.S.A.: Alabama, Daphne (W.F. Buren), Alabama, nr Mobile (W.F. Buren). Secondary type depositories: MZSP, NMNH. Secondary type specimens: MZSP0089312, MZSP0089313, MZSP0089314, MZSP0089319, MZSP0089322, MZSP0089325, MZSP0089328, MZSP0089329, MZSP0089330. Type notes: 1) The original publication indicated that the holotype was deposited in NMNH and paratypes in FSCG, MCZC, NMNH, UGAA. 2) Mônica Ulysséa personally took all type specimens to MZSP, and later 25 paratype workers and two paratype queens were donated to NMNH (MZSP0089312, MZSP0089313, MZSP0089314, MZSP0089319, MZSP0089322, MZSP0089325, MZSP0089328, MZSP0089329, MZSP0089330) (Ulysséa et al., 2025: 12).
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