Solenopsis altinodis
Appearance
Solenopsis altinodis | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
Genus: | Solenopsis |
Species: | S. altinodis
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Binomial name | |
Solenopsis altinodis Forel, 1912
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Solenopsis altinodis is a species of ant first described by Forel in 1912. Workers are bi-colored with a brown gaster and a yellow head and thorax. This species has been found in Costa Rica, Colombia, Guiana, Trinidad and Venezuela. This species is often confused with Solenopsis bicolor because of the similar coloring.[1]
References
- ^ Mackay, William P; Pacheco, Jocely (2013). The Systematics and Biology of The New World Thief Ants of the Genus Solenopsis (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) (PDF). pp. 108–109. ISBN 978-0773443426.