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Formicidae
Solenopsidini Forel, 1893
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Solenopsidini HNS new genus
The sole species in this undescribed genus has blind, subterranean workers and is known only from desert regions of southwestern United States. A description is in preparation, based on collections of workers, queens and males from southeastern Arizona (Cover & Deyrup 2005). Alates of apparently the same species have been collected in southern California. Mackay and Mackay (2003) recorded the same species from New Mexico and tentatively assigned it to the genus Tranopelta Mayr HNS .
- Ward, P. S. (2005): A synoptic review of the ants of California (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Zootaxa 936, 1-68: 36-36, URL:http://antbase.org/ants/publications/21008/21008.pdf
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Solenopsidini HNS , gen. nov. , sp. nov.
Description in preparation (Cover & Deyrup 2005).
- Ward, P. S. (2005): A synoptic review of the ants of California (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Zootaxa 936, 1-68: null, URL:http://antbase.org/ants/publications/21008/21008.pdf
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The Solenopsidini share the following synapomorphies with the Stenammini (Bolton 2003):
- Clypeus constricted posteriorly
- Median portion of clypeus narrowed from side to side and elevated, usually bicarinate on the dorsal surface of the elevated section
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Description in preparation (Cover & Deyrup 2005).
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Solenopsidini (meaning "pipe-faced")[1][2] is a tribe of myrmicine ants with about 18 genera.
Genera[edit]
- Adlerzia Forel, 1902
- Allomerus Mayr, 1878
- Anillomyrma Emery, 1913
- Bondroitia Forel, 1911
- Carebara Westwood, 1840
- Carebarella Emery, 1906
- Diplomorium Mayr, 1901
- Dolopomyrmex Cover & Deyrup, 2007
- Formosimyrma Terayama, 2009
- †Hypopomyrmex Emery, 1891
- Machomyrma Forel, 1895
- Megalomyrmex Forel, 1885
- Monomorium Mayr, 1855
- Oxyepoecus Santschi, 1926
- †Oxyidris Wilson, 1985
- Pheidologeton Mayr, 1862
- Solenopsis Westwood, 1840
- Tranopelta Mayr, 1866
- Tropidomyrmex Silva, Feitosa, Brandão & Diniz, 2009
Some genera placed here are sometimes placed in tribe Pheidologetonini.
References[edit]
- ^ a b Bolton, B. (2013), "An online catalog of the ants of the world.", AntCat, retrieved 22 September 2013
- ^ Stephen Welton Taber (2000). Fire Ants. Texas A&M University Press. p. 12. ISBN 978-1-60344-711-9.
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