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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps » Ants (Formicoidea) » Ants (Formicidae) » Myrmicinae » Solenopsidini » Fire Ants and Thief Ants (Solenopsis) » Diplorhoptrum - Thief ants (fugax group) (Solenopsis Diplorhoptrum - Thief ants (fugax group))

Diplorhoptrum - Thief ants (fugax group)

Classification · Pronunciation · Explanation of Names · Size · Habitat
Ants - Solenopsis Formicidae 6.19.09 01 - Solenopsis molesta - female Solenopsis molesta takes flight - Solenopsis molesta - female Thief Ant - Solenopsis molesta Carebara sp? - Solenopsis Winged Ant - Solenopsis Ant - Solenopsis Solenopsis - female
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies)
No Taxon (Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps)
Superfamily Formicoidea (Ants)
Family Formicidae (Ants)
Subfamily Myrmicinae
Tribe Solenopsidini
Genus Solenopsis (Fire Ants and Thief Ants)
No Taxon Diplorhoptrum - Thief ants (fugax group)
Pronunciation
diplo - ROP - trum
Explanation of Names
At the moment this is not a valid subgeneric name, but is still widely used informally to distinguish thief ants from fire ants. Some part of the "Diplo" group as commonly construed may deserve resurrection of the name to incorporate it, with new names to be coined for other lineages within the genus. Most of the diversity is Neotropical, and at present, completely intractable.
Size
1.25-2mm
Habitat
Most are subterranean, and are bait-trapped or sifted out of litter or soil. In warmer regions, some are arboreal, living in hollow twigs, galls, bases of epiphytes, or litter accumulated in branch junctions and tree holes.
Contributed by tom murray on 22 April, 2006 - 8:05am
Additional contributions by JohnMaxwell22, ceiseman, James C. Trager, metrioptera
Last updated 23 June, 2019 - 2:40pm

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