Solenopsis geminata (Fabricius, 1804)

Cedric A. Collingwood, Donat Agosti, Mostafa R. Sharaf & Antonius van Harten, 2011, Order Hymenoptera, family Formicidae, Arthropod fauna of the UAE 4, pp. 1-70 : 34

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.1168586
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6193682
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/1A4C094D-372C-FFF7-ED4F-A1BD1865EE42
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Solenopsis geminata (Fabricius, 1804)
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Solenopsis geminata (Fabricius, 1804) View in CoL

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Specimens examined: Al-Aslab, 19.ix.2005, at light, AvH. Sharjah Desert Park, 5–6.x.2004, AvH.

Distribution: Trager (1991) and Wetterer (2010) offer theories about how this species, notorious for its painful sting, spread around the tropics of the whole world. Recorded from the UAE by Collingwood, Tigar & Agosti (1997).