Solenopsis insulare

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

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Solenopsis insulare (Bernard, 1978) junior synonym of current valid taxon Solenopsis fugax (Latreille, 1798)

Diplorhoptrum insulare Bernard, 1978a: 569 (w.q.m.) FRANCE. Palearctic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: 800 syntype workers, 12 syntype queens, 2 syntype males. Primary type locality: France: Var, Hyères Is, Port-Cros I., Parc Nat. de Port-Cros, chemin des crêtes, 10 m., slope 15°E (F. Bernard). Primary type depository: MNHN (apparently lost or unidentifiable). Type notes: Galkowski et al., 2010: 158, could not find any named type-material in MNHN, but mention some suspected candidates.

Combination in Solenopsis: Bolton, 1995b: 388
Status as species: Bolton, 1995b: 388; Borowiec, 2014: 155 (error).
Junior synonym of Solenopsis fugax: Casevitz-Weulersse & Galkowski, 2009: 493; Galkowski et al., 2010: 160; Radchenko, 2016: 181.

Obsolete combinations

Diplorhoptrum insulare

Citations

Bernard, F. 1978a ("1977"). Révision des Diplorhoptrum de France, fourmis plus différenciées par l'écologie que par leurs formes (Hym. Formicidae). Annales de la Société Entomologique de France (n.s.)13:543-577.
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
Casevitz-Weulersse, J.; Galkowski, C. 2009. Liste actualisée des fourmis de France (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Bulletin de la Société Entomologique de France 114:475-510. PDF
Galkowski, C.; Casevitz-Weulersse, J.; Cagniant, H. 2010. Redescription de Solenopsis fugax (Latreille, 1798) et notes sur les Solenopsis de France (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Revue Française d'Entomologie (Nouvelle Série) 32 (3-4):151-163. PDF
Radchenko, A. G. 2016. Ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of Ukraine. National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. Kiev: I. I. Schmalhausen Institute of Zoology, 496 pp.

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