Solenopsis aurea

Solenopsis aurea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Clade:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Hymenoptera
Family:Formicidae
Subfamily:Myrmicinae
Genus:Solenopsis
Species: S. aurea
Binomial name
Solenopsis aurea
Wheeler, 1906

Solenopsis aurea, also commonly called the golden fire ant, is a species of ant native to the southwestern United States and Northern Mexico. Workers have a pale golden coloration with occasional brown spots.[1][2]

References

  1. "Solenopis aurea". ITIS. Retrieved 30 July 2018.
  2. "Species: Solenopsis aurea - AntWeb". www.antweb.org. Retrieved 2018-07-30.


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