Solenopsis Westwood, 1840 valid feminine
Solenopsis Westwood, 1840b: 86 Type-species: Solenopsis mandibularis (junior synonym of Solenopsis geminata), by monotypy.
Junior synonyms
Obsolete classifications
Genus Solenopsis catalogues

Mayr, 1863a: 453; Roger, 1863b: 32; Emery & Forel, 1879: 464 (Europe); Cresson, 1887: 262 (U.S.A.); Dalla Torre, 1893: 75; Emery, 1922c: 193, 195 (Carebarella, Solenopsis); Wheeler, 1922: 877, 1028 (Afrotropical, Malagasy); Emery, 1924f: 218 (Oligomyrmex (Octella)); Chapman & Capco, 1951: 167 (Asia); Smith, 1951c: 812 (North America); Ettershank, 1966: 113, 134 (Carebarella, Solenopsis); Kempf, 1972b: 74, 232 (Neotropical Carebarella, Solenopsis); Smith, 1979: 1385 (North America); Taylor & Brown, 1985: 87 (Australia); Taylor, 1987a: 72 (Australia, New Caledonia); Brandão, 1991: 336, 378 (Neotropical Carebarella, Solenopsis); Bolton, 1995b: 134, 386 (Carebarella, Solenopsis); Fisher & Bolton, 2016: 406 (Afrotropical, Malagasy checklist).

Genus Solenopsis references

Smith, 1858a: 177 (diagnosis); Mayr, 1865: 24 (diagnosis); Mayr, 1867a: 109 (diagnosis); Mayr, 1870b: 996 (all species key); André, 1883b: 387 (Europe & Algeria species key); 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: 193, 195 (Carebarella, Solenopsis diagnoses); Wheeler, 1922: 163 (diagnosis); Emery, 1924f: 218 (Oligomyrmex (Octella) diagnosis); Creighton, 1930b: 42, 45, 106 (subgenera key, Solenopsis (Solenopsis) species key, Solenopsis (Euophthalma) species key); Cole, 1942: 361 (U.S.A., Utah species key); Bernard, 1950a: 5 (France species key); Creighton, 1950a: 228 (Nearctic species key); 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: 113, 134 (Carebarella, Solenopsis diagnoses, reviews of genera); Bernard, 1967a: 170 (diagnosis, Western Europe species key); Kusnezov, 1969: 37 (Bisolenopsis species key); Buren, 1972: 1 (Solenopsis geminata group, partial revision); 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); Allred, 1982: 443 (U.S.A., Utah species key); Gösswald, 1985: 302 (Germany species key); Wheeler & Wheeler, 1986g: 50 (U.S.A., Nevada species key); Agosti & Collingwood, 1987b: 273 (Balkans species key); Bolton, 1987: 285 (Solenopsis synonymy notes); Bolton, 1987: 286 (Carebarella genus, notes); Thompson & Johnson, 1989: 697 (U.S.A., Florida species key); Dlussky et al., 1990: 240 (Turkmenistan species key); Ogata, 1991b: 107 (diagnosis, Japan); 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); 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); Eguchi et al., 2011: 28 (diagnosis, Vietnam synopsis); Sharaf & Aldawood, 2011: 478 (Arabia species key); Sarnat & Economo, 2012: 122 (Fiji Is species key); Sharaf & Aldawood, 2012a: 17 (Egypt & Saudi Arabia key); Pacheco & Mackay, 2013: 39-99 (New World species revision, keys); Baccaro et al., 2015: 300 (genus in Brazil); Fisher & Bolton, 2016: 405 (diagnosis); Cantone, 2017: 235 (brief male diagnosis); Pitts et al., 2018: 321 (Solenopsis saevissima species group key); Fernández & Serna, 2019: 814 (Colombia species key); Heterick, 2021: 203 (Western Australia species key); Csősz et al., 2023: 189 (morphometrics); Ramamonjisoa et al., 2024: 341 (Malagasy region male diagnosis); Borowiec & Salata, 2025a: 377 (diagnosis, key to Greece species).

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Extant: 191 valid species, 21 valid subspecies

Fossil: 9 valid species

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