Solenopsis geminata medusa

An Online Catalog of the Ants of the World by Barry Bolton

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Solenopsis geminata medusa Mann, 1916 junior synonym of current valid taxon Solenopsis geminata (Fabricius, 1804)

Solenopsis geminata subsp. medusa Mann, 1916: 447, pl. 4, fig. 31 (w.) BRAZIL (Rio Grande do Norte, Ceará). Neotropic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: syntype workers (numbers not stated, “a number of colonies”). Primary type localities: Brazil: Rio Grande do Norte, Ceará-Mirim, 1911 (W.M. Mann), Brazil: Ceará, Maranguapé Mts, 1911 (W.M. Mann). Primary type depositories: LACM, MCZC.

[Solenopsis geminata medusa Wheeler, 1915b. Nomen nudum (attributed to Mann).]
Creighton, 1930b: 69 (q.)
Subspecies of Solenopsis geminata: Emery, 1922c: 197; Borgmeier, 1927c: 105; Creighton, 1930b: 68; Ettershank, 1966: 142; Kempf, 1972b: 236.
Junior synonym of Solenopsis geminata: Trager, 1991: 163; Bolton, 1995b: 389.

Citations

Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
Borgmeier, T. 1927c. Catalogo systematico e synonymico das formigas do Brasil. 2 parte. Subf. Pseudomyrminae, Myrmicinae, Formicidae. Archivos do Museu Nacional (Rio de Janeiro) 29:69-164. PDF
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
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
Kempf, W. W. 1972b. Catálogo abreviado das formigas da região Neotropical. Studia Entomologica 15:3-344. PDF
Mann, W. M. 1916. The Stanford Expedition to Brazil, 1911, John C. Branner, Director. The ants of Brazil. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 60:399-490. 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

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