Solenopsis fugax (Latreille)

Iran list Type location France (Formica fugax, Latreille, 1798: 46, all forms; Santschi, 1910e: 649, gynondromorph) - no images on Antweb (April 2016)
junior synonyms flavidula (Myrmica flavidula, Nylander, 1849: 43, worker; synonymy Mayr, 1855: 450) from Russia - no images on Antweb (April 2016)
orientalis (Ruzky, 1905b: 509, illustrated, all forms; synonymy Karavaiev, 1910b: 49) from Russia - no images on Antweb (April 2016)
kasalinensis (Emery, 1909a: 31, worker; synonymy Dlussky & Zabelin, 1985: 221) from Turkestan - no images on Antweb (April 2016)
pontica (Santschi, 1934e: 584, illustrated queen, all forms; synonymy Dlussky & Zabelin, 1985: 221) from Russia - no images on Antweb (April 2016)
debilior (Santschi, 1934e: 583, all forms; synonymy Casevitz-Weulersse, 1990a: 138) from Corsica - no images on Antweb (April 2016)
latroides (Ruzsky, 1905b: 514, worker; synonymy Dlussky & Radchenko, 1994: 109) from Russia - no images on Antweb (April 2016)
scythica (Santschi, 1934e: 585, worker; synonymy Dlussky & Radchenko, 1994: 109) from Russia - no images on Antweb (April 2016)
subspecies
cypridis (Santschi, 1934e: 584, illustrated queen, all forms) from Cyprus - see https://www.antweb.org/specimenImages.do?code=casent0913887
emesus (Thomé & Thomé, 1980b: 135, illustrated, worker) from Syria - see below
furtiva (Santschi, 1934e: 584, all forms) from France - no images on Antweb (April 2016)
karaki (Thomé & Thomé, 1980b: 134, illustrated, worker & male) from Syria - no images on Antweb (April 2016)
tisiphone (Santschi, 1934e: 586, illustrated, queen) from Tunisia - no images on Antweb (April 2016)

The taxonomy appears confused with a vast number of subspecies and varieties, so I limit this page to the more clearly understood forms, in particular, those as understood by Thomé & Thomé (1980b).

Casevitz-Weulersse & Galkowski (2009: 492) felt it best to synonymize many forms as follows

Solenopsis fugax (Latreille, 1798)
Formica fugax Latreille, 1798 : LATREILLE, 1798, 1802a.
Myrmica fugax (Latreille,1798) : NYLANDER, 1856.
Diplorhoptrum fugax (Latreille, 1798) : BARONI-URBANI, 1971 ; CASEVITZ-WEULERSSE, 1974a, 1974b ; BERNARD, 1977 ; COLLINGWOOD, 1978 ; DEBOUGE & GASPAR, 1983.
Solenopsis fugax var. debilior Santschi, 1934 : SANTSCHI, 1934b.
Solenopsis fugax var. furtiva Santschi, 1934 : SANTSCHI, 1934b.
Diplorhoptrum fugax var. debilior (Santschi, 1934) : BARONI-URBANI, 1971.
= Solenopsis nicaensis Bernard, 1949 : BERNARD, 1949, 1959b, 1968 ; COLLINGWOOD, 1956b.
Diplorhoptrum nicaensis (Bernard, 1949) : BERNARD, 1977, 1983 ; COLLINGWOOD, 1978.
= Solenopsis banyulensis Bernard, 1949: BERNARD, 1959a et b, 1968 ; PASSERA, 1967 ; COLLINGWOOD & YARROW, 1969 ; BONARIC, 1971 ; GROC et al., 2007.
Solenopsis emeryi ssp. banyulensis Bernard, 1949: BERNARD, 1949 ; PASSERA, 1967.
Diplorhoptrum banyulensis (Bernard, 1949) : BERNARD, 1977, 1983 ; SOMMER & CAGNIANT, 1988.
= Solenopsis balachowskyi Bernard, 1958 : BERNARD, 1959a, 1968.
Diplorhoptrum balachowskyi (Bernard, 1959) : BERNARD, 1977, 1983.
= Solenopsis robusta Bernard, 1949: BERNARD, 1949, 1968 ; COLLINGWOOD, 1956b ; BONARIC, 1971.
Diplorhoptrum robusta (Bernard, 1949) : BERNARD, 1977.
= Solenopsis dubosqui Bernard, 1949 : BERNARD, 1949, 1968.
Diplorhoptrum dubosqui (Bernard, 1949) : BERNARD, 1977, 1983.
= Solenopsis provincialis Bernard, 1949 : BERNARD, 1949, 1968 ; COLLINGWOOD, 1956b.
Diplorhoptrum provincialis (Bernard, 1949) : BERNARD, 1977.
= Solenopsis laevithorax Bernard, 1949 : BERNARD, 1949, 1968 ; COLLINGWOOD, 1956b.
Diplorhoptrum laevithorax (Bernard, 1949) : BERNARD, 1977, 1983.
= Solenopsis monticola Bernard, 1949 : BERNARD, 1949, 1968 ; COLLINGWOOD, 1956b ; COLLINGWOOD & YARROW, 1969 ; BONARIC, 1971.
Diplorhoptrum monticola (Bernard, 1949) : BERNARD, 1977 ; COLLINGWOOD, 1978.
= Solenopsis rugosa Bernard, 1949 : BERNARD, 1949, 1968 ; COLLINGWOOD & YARROW, 1969.
Diplorhoptrum rugosa (Bernard, 1949) : BERNARD, 1977, 1983.
= Solenopsis tertialis Ettershank, 1966 : ETTERSHANK, 1966.
= Solenopsis pygmaea Bernard, 1949 : BERNARD, 1949, 1968.
Diplorhoptrum pygmaeum (Bernard, 1949) : BERNARD, 1977, 1983.
= Solenopsis richardi Bernard, 1949 : BERNARD, 1949, 1968.
Diplorhoptrum richardi (Bernard, 1949) : BERNARD, 1977.
= Diplorhoptrum pilosa Bernard, 1977 : BERNARD, 1977, 1983.
= Diplorhoptrum delta Bernard, 1977 : BERNARD, 1977, 1983.
= Diplorhoptrum avia Bernard, 1977 : BERNARD, 1977.
= Diplorhoptrum insulare Bernard, 1977 : BERNARD, 1977, 1983.

Casevitz-Weulersse, J.; Galkowski, C. 2009. Liste actualisée des fourmis de France (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Bulletin de la Société Entomologique de France 114:475-510.

Latreille's (1798) description is at . André (1881-6: 356) gave a description, this is at .

Thomé & Thomé's (1980b) description of karaki is at . Their description of emesus is at .

Egypt records - none.

The photomontage of the emesus type worker is collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0912415

The photomontage of the emesus type queen is collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0912415

Oxford University Museum specimens

Solenopsis fugax B Taylor det.	Iran F Borjali 39	5.ix.2014 37°2294 N 50°2539 E -25 m	Chaf & Chamkala hand collected beach, on soil, 1315h queen	1
Solenopsis fugax B Taylor det.	Iran F Borjali 42	5.ix.2014 37°2294 N 50°2539 E -25 m	Chaf & Chamkala hand collected beach, on soil, 1300h queen	1
Solenopsis fugax B Taylor det.	Iran M Ghatei 30	Iran F Borjali 43	Chuchesfahan hand collected city, on soil, 1400h queen	1

The photomontage is of an alate queen from Iran, F Borjalii (42).

The photomontage is of a dealate queen from Iran, F Borjalii (39).