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An Online Catalog of the Ants of the World
by Barry Bolton
Catalog
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Formicidae
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Myrmicinae
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Solenopsidini
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Solenopsis
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Solenopsis orbula
Solenopsis
orbula
Emery, 1875
valid
Solenopsis orbula
Emery, 1875a
: 74 (w.) FRANCE (Corsica). Palearctic.
Primary type information:
Primary type material: syntype workers (number not stated). Primary type locality: France: Corsica (no further data) (
E. Simon
). Primary type depository:
MSNG
(perhaps also in
MNHN
).
[Also described as new by
Emery, 1875b
: 472.]
[Misspelled as
orbuloides
by
Ruzsky, 1903b
: 309.]
André, 1883b
: 389 (q.);
Tohmé & Tohmé, 1980b
: 133 (m.)
Combination in
Solenopsis (Diplorhoptrum)
:
Santschi, 1934e
: 574
Status as species:
Emery, 1878
: 58;
Emery & Forel, 1879
: 464;
André, 1883b
: 388 (in key);
Emery, 1891c
: 13;
Dalla Torre, 1893
: 77;
Forel, 1894d
: 21;
Wasmann, 1894
: 162;
Ruzsky, 1902d
: 32;
Ruzsky, 1903b
: 309 (misspelled as
Solenopsis orbuloides
);
Ruzsky, 1905b
: 513;
Emery, 1909a
: 32;
Krausse, 1912c
: 164;
Emery, 1916a
: 165;
Bondroit, 1918
: 145;
Emery, 1922c
: 202;
Karavaiev, 1926c
: 161;
Santschi, 1934e
: 574;
Finzi, 1936
: 178;
Finzi, 1940
: 161;
Bernard, 1950a
: 16;
Ceballos, 1956
: 306;
Ettershank, 1966
: 142;
Pisarski, 1967a
: 400;
Bernard, 1967a
: 184 (redescription);
Hamann & Klemm, 1967
: 414;
Baroni Urbani, 1968e
: 457;
Collingwood & Yarrow, 1969
: 67;
Baroni Urbani, 1971c
: 88;
Arnol'di & Dlussky, 1978
: 539 (in key);
Bernard, 1978a
: 575 (in key);
Collingwood, 1978
: 83 (in key);
Tohmé & Tohmé, 1980b
: 129;
Schembri & Collingwood, 1981
: 430;
Kugler, 1988
: 258;
Poldi, 1992
: 91;
Bolton, 1995b
: 389;
Espadaler, 1997g
: 31;
Casevitz-Weulersse & Galkowski, 2009
: 493;
Galkowski
et al.
, 2010
: 161;
Kiran & Karaman, 2012
: 24;
Borowiec, 2014
: 158 (see note in bibliography);
Lebas
et al.
, 2016
: 334;
Salata & Borowiec, 2018c
: 48.
Current subspecies (nominal plus)
S. o. terniensis
Forel, 1905
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;
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1978.
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1968e.
Studi sulla mirmecofauna d'Italia. IV. La fauna mirmecologica delle isole Maltesi ed il suo significato ecologico e biogeografico.
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PDF
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1971c.
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Memorie della Società Entomologica Italiana 50:5-287.
PDF
Bernard, F.
1950a ("1946").
Notes sur les fourmis de France. II. Peuplement des montagnes méridionales.
Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 115:1-36.
PDF
Bernard, F.
1967a ("1968").
Faune de l'Europe et du Bassin Méditerranéen. 3. Les fourmis (Hymenoptera Formicidae) d'Europe occidentale et septentrionale.
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PDF
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1978a ("1977").
Révision des
Diplorhoptrum
de France, fourmis plus différenciées par l'écologie que par leurs formes (Hym. Formicidae).
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Bolton, B.
1995b.
A new general catalogue of the ants of the world.
Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
Bondroit, J.
1918.
Les fourmis de France et de Belgique.
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PDF
Borowiec, L.
2014.
Catalogue of ants of Europe, the Mediterranean Basin and adjacent regions (Hymenoptera: Formicidae).
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PDF
Casevitz-Weulersse, J.
;
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2009.
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PDF
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1956.
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1978.
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PDF
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;
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1969.
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PDF
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1893.
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PDF
Emery, C.
1875a ("1876").
Ueber hypogaeische Ameisen.
Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung 37:71-76.
PDF
Emery, C.
1875b.
Le formiche ipogee con descrizioni di specie nuove o poco note.
Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale 7:465-474.
PDF
Emery, C.
1878.
Catalogo delle formiche esistenti nelle collezioni del Museo Civico di Genova. Parte seconda. Formiche dell'Europa e delle regioni limitrofe in Africa e in Asia. Dummy reference.
Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale 12:43-59.
Emery, C.
1891c.
Exploration scientifique de la Tunisie. Zoologie. - Hyménoptères. Révision critique des fourmis de la Tunisie.
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PDF
Emery, C.
1909a.
Beiträge zur Monographie der Formiciden des paläarktischen Faunengebietes. (Hym.) Teil VI.
Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 1909:19-37.
PDF
Emery, C.
1916a ("1915").
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Bullettino della Società Entomologica Italiana 47:79-275.
PDF
Emery, C.
1922c.
Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [part].
Genera Insectorum 174B:95-206.
PDF
Emery, C.
;
Forel, A.
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Mitteilungen der Schweizerischen Entomologischen Gesellschaft 5:441-481.
PDF
Espadaler, X.
1997g.
Catàleg de les formigues (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) dels països catalans.
Sessió d'Entomologia ICHN-SCL 9:23-42.
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
Finzi, B.
1940 ("1939").
Formiche della Libia.
Memorie della Società Entomologica Italiana 18:155-166.
PDF
Forel, A.
1894d.
Les Formicides de la Province d'Oran (Algérie).
Bulletin de la Société Vaudoise des Sciences Naturelles 30:1-45.
PDF
Galkowski, C.
;
Casevitz-Weulersse, J.
;
Cagniant, H.
2010.
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Solenopsis fugax
(Latreille, 1798) et notes sur les
Solenopsis
de France (Hymenoptera, Formicidae).
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PDF
Hamann, H. H. F.
;
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1967.
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PDF
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;
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2012.
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PDF
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;
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1902d.
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PDF
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;
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1981.
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Extant: 1 valid subspecies (1 synonym, 1 homonym, 4 obsolete combinations)
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