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Solenopsis invicta  Buren, 1972
Taxonomic Serial No.: 154239

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s): Solenopsis wagneri Santschi, 1916
 
  Common Name(s): red imported fire ant [English]
 
       
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  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomProtostomia   
          SuperphylumEcdysozoa   
             PhylumArthropoda  – Artrópode, arthropodes, arthropods  
                SubphylumHexapoda  – hexapods  
                   ClassInsecta  – insects, hexapoda, inseto, insectes  
                      SubclassPterygota  – insects ailés, winged insects  
                         InfraclassNeoptera  – modern, wing-folding insects  
                            SuperorderHolometabola   
                               OrderHymenoptera  – abelha, formiga, vespa, ants, bees, wasps  
                                  SuborderApocrita  – abeilles, fourmis, guêpes véritables, narrow-waisted hymenopterans, ants, bees, true wasps  
                                     InfraorderAculeata   
                                        SuperfamilyVespoidea  – vespoid wasps  
                                           FamilyFormicidae  – ants, fourmis  
                                              SubfamilyMyrmicinae   
                                                 TribeSolenopsidini   
                                                    GenusSolenopsis Westwood, 1840  
                                                       SpeciesSolenopsis invicta Buren, 1972 – red imported fire ant  
       

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  Source: Hymenoptera Name Server - 28-Jan-2008, website (version 1.5)  
  Acquired: 2008   
  Notes: http://atbi.biosci.ohio-state.edu:210/hymenoptera/nomenclator.home_page   
  Reference for: Solenopsis invicta   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
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  Reference for: Solenopsis invicta   
       
  Source: Stoetzel, M. B., 1989, database (version 1.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
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  Reference for: Solenopsis invicta   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature  
  Publication Date: 2001   
  Article/Chapter Title: OPINION 1976 (Case 3069): Solenopsis invicta Buren, 1972 (Insecta, Hymenoptera): specific name conserved   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, vol. 58, part 2   
  Page(s): 156-157   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 0007-5167   
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  Reference for: Solenopsis invicta   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: Australia  
    Caribbean  
    North America  
    South America  
    Southern Asia  
       
  Jurisdiction/Origin: Caribbean Territories, Introduced  
    Continental US, Introduced  
 

 

   

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