Published June 1, 1942 | Version v1
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Solenopsis geminata subsp. rufa

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  • 1. Experiment Station, Hawaiian Sugar Planters' Association, Honolulu

Description

*12. Solenopsis geminata subspecies rufa (Jerdon).

Atta geminata Fabricius, Syst. Piezatorum, 423, 1804.

Atta rufa Jerdon, Madras Lit. Sci., Jour. 17: 106, 1851.

Solenopsis geminata variety rufa (Jerdon) Bingham, Fauna Brit. India, Hymenopt. 2: 158, 1903. Wheeler, New York Ent. Soc., Jour. 20: 45, 1912; B. P. Bishop Mus., 0cc. Papers 11 (11): 26, 1935.

Agana, at light, April 27, Bryan, May 4, Usinger; Barrigada, nest in passion fruit, June 14, Swezey; Piti, with mealybugs on cane, July 24, 27, Oct. 23, nest under bark, July 31, Swezey; Machanao, on spiny amaranth, Aug. 6, Swezey; Mata, very abundant with aleurodid (Neoniaskellia bergii) on cane, Nov:. 11, Swezey.

The "fire ant" is widely distributed in the Pacific islands to Papua and India. It was collected in Guam by Fullaway in 1911. We found it in various situations.

Notes

Published as part of Swezey, O. H., 1942, Hymenoptera Formicidae of Guam, pp. 175-183 in Insects of Guam I, Honolulu, Hawaii :Bernice P. Bishop Museum on page 178, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5160270

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