Solenopsis blumi

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

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Solenopsis blumi Buren, 1972 junior synonym of current valid taxon Solenopsis quinquecuspis Forel, 1913

Solenopsis blumi Buren, 1972: 20, fig. 5 (w.) URUGUAY. Neotropic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Uruguay: Colonia Suiza, 11.iii.1969 (M.S. Blum, C. Crisci & J. Carbonell). Primary type depository: USNM. Secondary type information: Secondary type material: paratype workers (number not stated). Secondary type locality: same as for holotype. Secondary type depositories: MCZC, UGAA, USNM.

Status as species: Brandão, 1991: 378.
Junior synonym of Solenopsis quinquecuspis: Trager, 1991: 185; Bolton, 1995b: 386; Pitts et al., 2018: 357.

Citations

Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
Brandão, C. R. F. 1991. Adendos ao catálogo abreviado das formigas da região Neotropical (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Revista Brasileira de Entomologia 35:319-412. PDF
Buren, W. F. 1972. Revisionary studies on the taxonomy of the imported fire ants. Journal of the Georgia Entomological Society 7:1-26. PDF
Pitts, J. P.; Camacho, G. P.; Gotzek, D.; McHugh, J. V.; Ross, K. G. 2018. Revision of the fire ants of the Solenopsis saevissima species-group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 120:308-411. 10.4289/0013-8797.120.2.308 PDF
Trager, J. C. 1991. A revision of the fire ants, Solenopsis geminata group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae). Journal of the New York Entomological Society 99:141-198. PDF

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