Solenopsis geminata diabola

Solenopsis geminata diabola Wheeler, 1908 junior synonym of current valid taxon Solenopsis geminata (Fabricius, 1804)

Solenopsis geminata var. diabola Wheeler, 1908h: 424 (w.q.m.) U.S.A. (Texas, Arizona, California). Nearctic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: syntype workers, syntype queens, syntype males (numbers not stated). Primary type localities: U.S.A.: Texas, Montopolis, Austin, Lampasas, and Langtry (W.M. Wheeler). Texas, Paris (A. Rucker), Texas, Dallas (W.D. Hunter), Texas, Granite Mt (H.W. Long), Texas, Plano (E.S. Tucker), Arizona, Tempe (W.M. Wheeler), California, Needles (W.M. Wheeler). Primary type depository: MCZC.

Subspecies of Solenopsis geminata: Forel, 1908: 362; Forel, 1909a: 250; Wheeler, 1909b: 232; Wheeler, 1910a: 563; Forel, 1912h: 4; Wheeler, 1915b: 397; Luederwaldt, 1918: 43; Emery, 1922c: 197; Borgmeier, 1927c: 105.
Junior synonym of Solenopsis geminata rufa: Creighton, 1930b: 66; Creighton, 1950a: 231; Smith, 1951c: 812.
Junior synonym of Solenopsis geminata: Ettershank, 1966: 141; Kempf, 1972b: 236; Smith, 1979: 1386; Trager, 1991: 163; Bolton, 1995b: 387.

Citations

Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
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Creighton, W. S. 1930b. The New World species of the genus Solenopsis (Hymenop. Formicidae). Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 66:39-151. PDF
Creighton, W. S. 1950a. The ants of North America. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 104:1-585. PDF
Emery, C. 1922c. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [part]. Genera Insectorum 174B:95-206. PDF
Ettershank, G. 1966. A generic revision of the world Myrmicinae related to Solenopsis and Pheidologeton (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Australian Journal of Zoology 14:73-171. PDF
Forel, A. 1908. Ameisen aus Sao Paulo (Brasilien), Paraguay etc. gesammelt von Prof. Herm. v. Ihering, Dr. Lutz, Dr. Fiebrig, etc. Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 58:340-418. PDF
Forel, A. 1909a. Ameisen aus Guatemala usw., Paraguay und Argentinien (Hym.). Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 1909:239-269. PDF
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Kempf, W. W. 1972b. Catálogo abreviado das formigas da região Neotropical. Studia Entomologica 15:3-344. PDF
Luederwaldt, H. 1918. Notas myrmecologicas. Revista do Museu Paulista 10:29-64. PDF
Smith, D. R. 1979. Superfamily Formicoidea. Pp. 1323-1467 in: Krombein, K. V.; Hurd, P. D.; Smith, D. R.; Burks, B. D. (eds.) 1979. Catalog of Hymenoptera in America north of Mexico. Volume 2. Apocrita (Aculeata). Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, pp. i-xvi, 1199-2209.
Smith, M. R. 1951c. Family Formicidae. Pp. 778-875 in: Muesebeck, C. F. W.; Krombein, K. V.; Townes, H. K. (eds.) 1951. Hymenoptera of America north of Mexico. Synoptic catalogue. United States Department of Agriculture. Agriculture Monograph 2:1-1420. PDF
Trager, J. C. 1991. A revision of the fire ants, Solenopsis geminata group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae). Journal of the New York Entomological Society 99:141-198. PDF
Wheeler, W. M. 1908h. The ants of Texas, New Mexico and Arizona. (Part I.). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 24:399-485. PDF
Wheeler, W. M. 1909b. Ants collected by Prof. F. Silvestri in Mexico. Bollettino del Laboratorio di Zoologia Generale e Agraria della Reale Scuola Superiore d'Agricoltura. Portici 3:228-238. PDF
Wheeler, W. M. 1910a. Ants: their structure, development and behavior. New York: Columbia University Press, xxv + 663 pp. PDF
Wheeler, W. M. 1915b. Some additions to the North American ant-fauna. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 34:389-421. PDF

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