Published December 31, 2005 | Version v1
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Solenopsidini

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Description

Solenopsidini new genus

The sole species in this undescribed genus has blind, subterranean workers and is known only from desert regions of southwestern United States. A description is in preparation, based on collections of workers, queens and males from southeastern Arizona (Cover & Deyrup 2005). Alates of apparently the same species have been collected in southern California. Mackay and Mackay (2003) recorded the same species from New Mexico and tentatively assigned it to the genus Tranopelta Mayr.

Notes

Published as part of Ward, P. S., 2005, A synoptic review of the ants of California (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), pp. 1-68 in Zootaxa 936 on page 36, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.171144

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Biodiversity

Family
Formicidae
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Hymenoptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Taxon rank
tribe

References

  • Cover, S. & Deyrup, M. (2005) A new genus of ant from southwestern United States. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute, in press.