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This is a list of valid species of the myrmicine genus Solenopsis (fire ants). There are over 200 species in this genus. [1] Species. Solenopsis abdita Thompson, 1989;
This list may not reflect recent changes. Solenopsis (ant) * List of Solenopsis species; A. Solenopsis abdita; Solenopsis altinodis; Solenopsis amblychila; Solenopsis ...
The southern fire ant (Solenopsis xyloni), also known as the Californian fire ant or cotton ant, [1]: 89 is a stinging fire ant native to southern parts of the United States. [2] [3] [4] Its behaviour is similar to the red imported fire ant (S. invicta), although its sting is less painful.
The black imported fire ant (Solenopsis richteri), or simply BIFA, is a species of ant in the genus Solenopsis ().It was long thought to either be a subspecies or a color variation of Solenopsis invicta (the red imported fire ant, or simply RIFA), but is now recognized as its own species with a demonstratively different range and living habits.
Solenopsis invicta, the fire ant, or red imported fire ant (RIFA), is a species of ant native to South America. A member of the genus Solenopsis in the subfamily Myrmicinae, it was described by Swiss entomologist Felix Santschi as a variant of S. saevissima in 1916. Its current specific name invicta was given to the ant in 1972 as a separate ...
Binomial name; Solenopsis solenopsidis (Kusnezov, 1953) Solenopsis solenopsidis is a species of ant in the genus Solenopsis. It is endemic to Argentina. [1] References
Solenopsis aurea, also commonly called the golden fire ant, is a species of ant native to the southwestern United States and Northern Mexico. Workers have a pale golden coloration with occasional brown spots.
The species' name abdita is a Latin word meaning "concealed". This is a reference to this species' visual similarity with S. carolinensis and S. texana and others in the molesta complex which makes this species hard to identify and had helped to delay the process of describing the species. [1] [2] [4]