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Solenopsis altinodis Forel 1912
Solenopsis geminata (Fabricius 1804)
Solenopsis globularia (F. Smith 1858)
Solenopsis JTL-001 Longino ms.
Solenopsis JTL-002 Longino ms.
Solenopsis JTL-003 Longino ms.
Solenopsis JTL-005 Longino ms.
Solenopsis JTL-007 Longino ms.
Solenopsis JTL-008 Longino ms.
Solenopsis JTL-009 Longino ms.
Solenopsis JTL-012 Longino ms.
Solenopsis JTL-014 Longino ms.
Solenopsis JTL-015 Longino ms.
Solenopsis JTL-018 Longino ms.
Solenopsis JTL-019 Longino ms.
Solenopsis JTL-021 Longino ms.
Solenopsis JTL-024 Longino ms.
Solenopsis JTL-025 Longino ms.
Solenopsis JTL-027 Longino ms.
Solenopsis JTL-028 Longino ms.
Solenopsis JTL-029 Longino ms.
Solenopsis JTL-030 Longino ms.
Solenopsis JTL-031 Longino ms.
Solenopsis subterranea Mackay and Vinson 1989
Solenopsis picea Emery 1896
Solenopsis succinea Emery 1890
Solenopsis terricola Menozzi 1931
Solenopsis zeteki Wheeler 1942
Fire ants, the largest and most conspicuous species:
Solenopsis geminata
Small brown:
Solenopsis JTL-001 upland version of JTL-005
Solenopsis JTL-003
Solenopsis JTL-005
Solenopsis JTL-027 like JTL-005, JTL-002
Solenopsis JTL-002 under epiphytes in canopy
Solenopsis JTL-015 has major workers
Small brown with punctate sides of petiole and postpetiole:
Solenopsis terricola
Small yellow:
Solenopsis JTL-008 long sparse setae; no clypeal teeth
Solenopsis JTL-019 long sparse setae; clypeal teeth
Solenopsis JTL-009
Solenopsis subterranea tiny subterranean
Solenopsis JTL-021
Solenopsis JTL-025
Solenopsis JTL-028 large basal tooth
Solenopsis JTL-029
Solenopsis JTL-030
Solenopsis zeteki arboreal
Solenopsis JTL-031 transverse carina on vertex
Medium size black with triangular petiolar node:
Solenopsis JTL-007
Medium size, weakly polymorphic, large spiracle and more compressed petiolar node compared to JTL-007:
Solenopsis picea
Medium size, shiny, diverging clypeal carinae with short teeth:
Solenopsis JTL-012 (brown)
Solenopsis JTL-014 (orange)
Solenopsis JTL-018 (brown, elevated propodeum)
Big shiny orange, no clypeal carinae or teeth:
Solenopsis succinea
Grossly inflated postpetiole:
Solenopsis globularia
Quadrate petiolar node, medium size:
Solenopsis altinodis
Page author:
John T. Longino, The Evergreen State College, Olympia WA 98505 USA.longinoj@evergreen.edu
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