Solenopsis megergates

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

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Solenopsis megergates Trager, 1991 valid

Solenopsis megergates Trager, 1991: 181, figs. 68, 69, 72, 73 (w.q.) BRAZIL (Paraná). Neotropic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Brazil: Paraná, 4 km. N Curitiba (J.C. Trager). Primary type depository: MZSP. Secondary type information: Secondary type material: 72 paratype workers. Secondary type locality: same as for holotype. Secondary type depositories: AMNH, BMNH, FSCG, LACM, MCZC, MZSP.

Pitts et al., 2018: 351 (m.l.)
Status as species: Bolton, 1995b: 389; Wild, 2007b: 37; Pitts et al., 2018: 350 (redescription).

Citations

Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
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
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
Wild, A. L. 2007b. A catalogue of the ants of Paraguay (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Zootaxa 1622:1-55. PDF

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