Solenopsis invicta
Buren, 1972
valid
Solenopsis invicta
Buren, 1972:
9, fig. 2 (w.q.m.)
BRAZIL.
Neotropic.
- Wheeler & Wheeler, 1977a: 588 (l.)
- Junior synonym of Solenopsis wagneri: Bolton, 1995b: 388
- [Trager, 1991: 173 incorrectly gave Solenopsis wagneri as an unavailable name; the name is available and has priority over Solenopsis invicta, see note under Solenopsis wagneri.]
- Solenopsis invicta conserved over Solenopsis wagneri because of usage, in accord with ICZN (1999): Shattuck et al., 1999: 27
- See also: Rhoades, 1977: 1; Smith, 1979: 1386; Pitts et al., 2018: 343.
Junior synonyms
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Solenopsis wagneri
Santschi, 1916
Obsolete combination(s): Solenopsis saevissima wagneri
Citations
- Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
- Buren, W. F. 1972. Revisionary studies on the taxonomy of the imported fire ants. Journal of the Georgia Entomological Society 7:1-26. PDF
- Pitts, J. P.; Camacho, G. P.; Gotzek, D.; McHugh, J. V.; Ross, K. G. 2018. Revision of the fire ants of the Solenopsis saevissima species-group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 120:308-411. 10.4289/0013-8797.120.2.308 PDF
- Rhoades, R. B. 1977. Medical aspects of the imported fire ant. Gainesville: University of Florida Press, 75 pp.
- Shattuck, S. O.; Porter, S. D.; Wojcik, D. P. 1999. Case 3069. Solenopsis invicta Buren, 1972 (Insecta, Hymenoptera): proposed conservation of the specific name. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 56:27-30.
- 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.
- 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, G. C.; Wheeler, J. 1977a. Supplementary studies on ant larvae: Myrmicinae. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 103:581-602. PDF