Solenopsis kochi

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Solenopsis kochi Finzi, 1936 valid

Solenopsis orbula subsp. kochi Finzi, 1936: 178, fig. 8 (w.q.m.) EGYPT. Palearctic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: syntype workers, syntype queens, syntype males (numbers not stated). Primary type localities: workers Egypt: Sollum, 23.iii.1933 (K. Koch), queens, males Egypt: Helwan (W. Wittmer), 1 queen Egypt: Ikingi Mariout, 18.iii.1935 (A. Schatzmayr, K. Koch, W. Wittmer), queens Egypt: Cairo, 12.ii.1933 (A. Schatzmayr, K. Koch, W. Wittmer). Primary type depository: MCZC.

Subspecies of Solenopsis orbula: Ettershank, 1966: 141; Bolton, 1995b: 388.
Status as species: Sharaf et al., 2009: 55 (redescription); Vonshak & Ionescu-Hirsch, 2010: 44; Sharaf & Aldawood, 2011: 478 (in key); Sharaf & Aldawood, 2012a: 19 (in key); Borowiec, 2014: 155.

Obsolete combinations

Solenopsis orbula kochi

Citations

Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
Borowiec, L. 2014. Catalogue of ants of Europe, the Mediterranean Basin and adjacent regions (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Genus (Wroclaw) 25 (1-2):1-340. 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
Finzi, B. 1936. Risultati scientifici della spedizione di S. A. S. il Principe Alessandro della Torre e Tasso nell'Egitto e peninsola del Sinai. XI. Formiche. Bulletin. Société Entomologique d'Egypte 20:155-210. PDF
Sharaf, M. R.; Aldawood, A. S. 2011. First occurrence of Solenopsis Westwood 1840 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), in the kingdom of Saudi Arabia, with description of a new species S. saudiensis n. sp. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France (n.s.) 47:474-479. PDF
Sharaf, M. R.; Aldawood, A. S. 2012a. Ants of the genus Solenopsis Westwood 1840 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the Arabian Peninsula with description of a new species, Solenopsis elhawagryi. PLoS ONE 7 (11):e49485. 0.1371/journal.pone.0049485 PDF
Sharaf, M. R.; Taylor, B.; Klingenberg, C. 2009. Ants of the genus Solenopsis Westwood, 1840 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Egypt with a description of the worker castes of S. cooperi Donisthorpe, 1947. Zootaxa 2004:49-58. PDF
Vonshak, M.; Ionescu-Hirsch, A. 2010 ("2009"). A checklist of the ants of Israel (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Israel Journal of Entomology 39:33-55. PDF

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