Solenopsis fugax (Latreille, 1798)

Formica fugax Latreille, 1798. [type investigation]

Notes.

The species was described from the environs of Brive, France. Five workers and two gynes were investigated from the neotype nest sample, labelled "FRA: 45.0517°N, 1.5372°E, Nespouls-Faugère . 330 m, sous une pierre, leg. Galkowski 25. VIII. 2008 -1", "Neoparatypes of Solenopsis fugax (Latreille, 1798) des. Galkowski, Casewitz-Weulersse et Cagniant 2010", depository Senckenberg Museum of Natural History Görlitz . The clear placement of the worker and gyne type specimens within the S. fugax cluster has been shown in the analyses above.