- Solenopsis in Poneridae, Attidae: Smith, 1858a: 177.
- Solenopsis in Attidae: Smith, 1860a: 74; Smith, 1861b: 48.
- Solenopsis in Myrmicidae: Smith, 1871b: 333; Cresson, 1887: 262.
- Solenopsis in Myrmicidae, Pheidolidae: Emery, 1877b: 81.
- Solenopsis in Myrmicinae: Mayr, 1865: 24 [Myrmicidae]; Emery & Forel, 1879: 464 [Myrmicidae]; Dalla Torre, 1893: 75.
- Solenopsis in Myrmicinae, Solenopsis genus group: Ettershank, 1966: 81; Bolton, 1987: 271.
- Solenopsis in Myrmicinae, Solenopsidini: Forel, 1893b: 164; Forel, 1895b: 130; Emery, 1895l: 770; Forel, 1899e: 79; Ashmead, 1905c: 383; Wheeler, 1910a: 140; Emery, 1914e: 41; Arnold, 1916: 242; Forel, 1917: 243; Emery, 1922c: 195; Wheeler, 1922: 663; Kempf, 1972b: 232; Smith, 1979: 1384; Dlussky & Fedoseeva, 1988: 80; Hölldobler & Wilson, 1990: 16; Jaffe, 1993: 10; Bolton, 1994: 106.
Junior synonyms
- Bisolenopsis Kusnezov, 1953
- Carebarella Emery, 1906
- Carebarelloides Borgmeier, 1937
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Diagyne
Santschi, 1923
Obsolete classification(s): Solenopsis (Diagyne)
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Diplorhoptrum
Mayr, 1855
Obsolete classification(s): Solenopsis (Diplorhoptrum)
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Euophthalma
Creighton, 1930
Obsolete classification(s): Solenopsis (Euophthalma)
- Granisolenopsis Kusnezov, 1956
- Labauchena Santschi, 1930
- Lilidris Kusnezov, 1956
- Octella Forel, 1915
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Oedaleocerus
Creighton, 1930
Obsolete classification(s): Solenopsis (Oedaleocerus)
- Paranamyrma Kusnezov, 1953
- Synsolenopsis Forel, 1918
Genus Solenopsis references
Smith, 1858a: 177 (diagnosis); Roger, 1863b: 32 (catalogue); Mayr, 1863a: 453 (catalogue); Mayr, 1865: 24 (diagnosis); Mayr, 1867a: 109 (diagnosis); Mayr, 1870b: 996 (all species key); André, 1883b: 387 (Europe & Algeria species key); Cresson, 1887: 262 (U.S.A. catalogue); Dalla Torre, 1893: 75 (catalogue); Emery, 1896g: 82 (New World species key); Forel, 1903a: 689 (India & Sri Lanka species key); Bingham, 1903: 158 (India, Sri Lanka & Burma species key); Emery, 1909a: 29 (Palaearctic species key); Emery, 1916a: 165 (Italy species key); Arnold, 1916: 242 (diagnosis); Emery, 1922c: 195 (diagnosis, catalogue); Wheeler, 1922: 163, 877, 1028 (diagnosis, Afrotropical, Malagasy catalogues); Emery, 1924f: 218 (Oligomyrmex (Octella) diagnosis, catalogue); Creighton, 1930b: 42 (subgenera key); Creighton, 1930b: 45 (Solenopsis (Solenopsis) species key); Creighton, 1930b: 106 (Solenopsis (Euophthalma) species key); Cole, 1942: 361 (U.S.A., Utah species key); Bernard, 1950a: 5 (France species key); Creighton, 1950a: 228 (North America species key); Chapman & Capco, 1951: 167 (Asia checklist); Wilson, 1952b: 50 (South America Solenopsis saevissima complex, key); Kusnezov, 1953d: 347 (Synsolenopsis species key); Gregg, 1963: 370 (U.S.A., Colorado species key); Snelling, 1963: 1 (U.S.A.Solenopsis geminata group species); Ettershank, 1966: 134 (diagnosis, review of genus, checklist); Bernard, 1967a: 170 (diagnosis, Western Europe species key); Kusnezov, 1969: 37 (Bisolenopsis species key); Buren, 1972: 1 (Solenopsis geminata group, partial revision); Kempf, 1972b: 232 (Neotropical catalogue); Snelling & Hunt, 1976: 81 (Chile species key); Kutter, 1977c: 99 (Switzerland species key); Arnol'di & Dlussky, 1978: 539 (former European U.S.S.R. species key); Collingwood, 1978: 82 (Iberian Peninsula species key); Bernard, 1978a: 573 (France species key); Smith, 1979: 1385 (North America catalogue); Allred, 1982: 443 (U.S.A., Utah species key); Gösswald, 1985: 302 (Germany species key); Taylor & Brown, 1985: 87 (Australia catalogue); Wheeler & Wheeler, 1986g: 50 (U.S.A., Nevada species key); Taylor, 1987a: 72 (Australia, New Caledonia checklist); Agosti & Collingwood, 1987b: 273 (Balkans species key); Bolton, 1987: 285 (synonymy notes); Thompson & Johnson, 1989: 697 (U.S.A., Florida species key); Dlussky et al., 1990: 240 (Turkmenistan species key); Brandão, 1991: 378 (Neotropical catalogue); Trager, 1991: 141 (Solenopsis geminata group revision, key); Morisita et al., 1992: 41 (Japan species key); Arakelian, 1994: 48 (Armenia species key); Dlussky & Radchenko, 1994a: 102 (Central Palaearctic species key); Bolton, 1995a: 1052 (census); Bolton, 1995b: 386 (catalogue); Wu & Wang, 1995a: 70 (China species key); Collingwood & Agosti, 1996: 358 (Saudi Arabia species key); Collingwood & Prince, 1998: 18 (Portugal species key); Shattuck, 1999: 165 (Australia synopsis); Taber, 2000: 234 (U.S.A. Solenopsis geminata group, key); Snelling, 2001: 522 (Puerto Rico Solenopsis fugax group, key); Mackay & Mackay, 2002: 196 (U.S.A., New Mexico species key); Sharaf et al., 2009: 51 (Egypt species key); Terayama, 2009: 157 (Taiwan species key); Heterick, 2009: 176 (south-western Australia species key); Sharaf & Aldawood, 2011: 478 (Arabia species key); Sarnat & Economo, 2012: 122 (Fiji species key); Sharaf & Aldawood, 2012b: 17 (Egypt & Saudi Arabia key); Pacheco & Mackay, 2013: 1 (New World partial revision, key); Cantone, 2017: 235 (brief male diagnosis); Pitts et al., 2018: 321 (saevissima species-group key); Fernández & Serna, 2019: 814 (Colombia species key)
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