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Solenopsis Fire Ants and Thief Ants
Solenopsis
Fire ant is the common name for several species of ants in the genus Solenopsis. They are, however, only a minority in the genus, which includes over 200 species of Solenopsis worldwide. Solenopsis are stinging ants and most of their common names reflect this, for example, ginger ants and tropical fire ants. Many species also are called red ants because of their light brown color, though species of ants in many other genera are similarly named...
50 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Saevissima-group Fire Ants
complexSolenopsis saevissima
Geminata-group Fire Ants
complexSolenopsis geminata
Molesta-group Thief Ants
complexSolenopsis molesta
Common European Thief Ant
speciesSolenopsis fugax
Yellow Fire Ant
speciesSolenopsis punctaticeps
globularia-group Thief Ants
complexSolenopsis globularia
Pergande's Thief Ant
speciesSolenopsis pergandei
Japanese Thief Ant
speciesSolenopsis japonica
Pygmaea-group Thief Ants
complexSolenopsis pygmaea
Solenopsis orbula
speciesSolenopsis orbula
Solenopsis bicolor
speciesSolenopsis bicolor
Solenopsis papuana
speciesSolenopsis papuana
Solenopsis jacoti
speciesSolenopsis jacoti
brevicornis-group Thief Ants
complexSolenopsis brevicornis
Succinea-group Thief Ants
complexSolenopsis succinea
Krockow's Thief Ant
speciesSolenopsis krockowi
Solenopsis nitens
speciesSolenopsis nitens
Solenopsis tipuna
speciesSolenopsis tipuna
Solenopsis virulens
speciesSolenopsis virulens
Solenopsis germaini
speciesSolenopsis germaini
Solenopsis substituta
speciesSolenopsis substituta
Solenopsis crivellarii
speciesSolenopsis crivellarii
Solenopsis juliae
speciesSolenopsis juliae
Solenopsis condei
speciesSolenopsis condei
Solenopsis patagonica
speciesSolenopsis patagonica
Solenopsis mameti
speciesSolenopsis mameti
Solenopsis wasmannii
speciesSolenopsis wasmannii
Solenopsis maxillosa
speciesSolenopsis maxillosa
Solenopsis froggatti
speciesSolenopsis froggatti
Solenopsis alvarengai
speciesSolenopsis alvarengai
Solenopsis rugiceps
speciesSolenopsis rugiceps
Solenopsis vinsoni
speciesSolenopsis vinsoni
Solenopsis lusitanica
speciesSolenopsis lusitanica
Solenopsis solenopsidis
speciesSolenopsis solenopsidis
Solenopsis moesta
speciesSolenopsis moesta
Solenopsis zambesiae
speciesSolenopsis zambesiae
Solenopsis seychellensis
speciesSolenopsis seychellensis
Solenopsis ilinei
speciesSolenopsis ilinei
Solenopsis altinodis
speciesSolenopsis altinodis
Solenopsis hayemi
speciesSolenopsis hayemi
Solenopsis johnsoni
speciesSolenopsis johnsoni
Solenopsis melina
speciesSolenopsis melina
Solenopsis schilleri
speciesSolenopsis schilleri
Solenopsis debilior
speciesSolenopsis debilior
Solenopsis gallica
speciesSolenopsis gallica
Solenopsis belisarius
speciesSolenopsis belisarius
Solenopsis indagatrix
speciesSolenopsis indagatrix
Solenopsis capensis
speciesSolenopsis capensis
Solenopsis wolfi
speciesSolenopsis wolfi
Solenopsis latro
speciesSolenopsis latro
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 67597.