Solenopsis altinodis

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]

Solenopsis altinodis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Genus: Solenopsis
Species:
S. altinodis
Binomial name
Solenopsis altinodis
Forel, 1912

References

  1. 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.


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