火蟻屬 (Solenopsis )又稱為火家蟻屬 ,隸屬於蟻科 家蟻亞科 ,大約有380個物種[ 1] ,其中最知名的為入侵紅火蟻 (Solenopsis invicta ),其腹部末端帶有螫針 ,動物 被螫傷後毒素會進入體內,嚴重的情况下會因全身性過敏而休克,甚至導致死亡。「火蟻」(Fire Ants)俗名是在描述被其螫刺後如火灼傷般疼痛感,有些情況會出現如灼傷般的水泡,值得注意的是,Solenopsis是一個組成複雜的屬,其生態行為也多樣,因此,「火蟻」(Fire Ants)的俗名適用於那些較具侵略性的物種。
德州 火蟻群
火蟻屬是一個組成複雜、龐大且難以分類的屬,大部分的物種體型微小、具單形性(monomorphic)、且生活在土壤之下,這些體型微小的物種有些被稱作為「賊蟻」(thief ants),賊蟻生活在其他體型較大的白蟻或螞蟻的巢中。有些新世界的物種體型較大且為多形性(polymorphic),他們的群落大小可以達到相當大的規模,且工蟻為極具侵略性的表層掠食者,這些物種也就是俗稱的「火蟻」(fire ants)[ 2] 。
种系发生
火蟻屬
Solenopsis geminata
Solenopsis daguerrei
Solenopsis quinquecupsis
Solenopsis macdonaghi
本属包括以下物种:
Solenopsis abdita Thompson, 1989
Solenopsis africana Santschi, 1914
Solenopsis albidula Emery, 1906
Solenopsis alecto Santschi, 1934
Solenopsis alena Özdikmen, 2010
Solenopsis altinodis Forel, 1912
Solenopsis amblychila Wheeler, 1915
Solenopsis andina Santschi, 1923
Solenopsis angulata Emery, 1894
Solenopsis atavinus Perfilieva et al., 2017
Solenopsis atlantis Santschi, 1934
Solenopsis aurea Wheeler, 1906
Solenopsis avia (Bernard, 1978)
Solenopsis azteca Forel, 1893
Solenopsis bacchettae Brullo, C.Brullo, Tavilla, Siracusa & Cambria, 2022[ 3]
Solenopsis bakri Sharaf
Solenopsis balachowskyi Bernard, 1959
Solenopsis banyulensis Bernard, 1950
Solenopsis basalis Forel, 1896
Solenopsis belisarius Forel, 1907
Solenopsis blanda (Foerster, 1891)
Solenopsis brasiliana Santschi, 1925
Solenopsis brazoensis (Buckley, 1867)
Solenopsis brevicornis Emery, 1888
Solenopsis brevipes Emery, 1906
Solenopsis bruchi
Solenopsis bruchiella Emery, 1922
Solenopsis bruesi Creighton, 1930
Solenopsis bucki Kempf, 1973
Solenopsis canariensis Forel, 1893
Solenopsis capensis Mayr, 1866
Solenopsis carolinensis Forel, 1901
Solenopsis castor Forel, 1893
Solenopsis celata (Dlussky & Zabelin, 1985)
Solenopsis clarki Crawley, 1922
Solenopsis cleptomana
Solenopsis clytemnestra Emery, 1896
Solenopsis conjurata Wheeler, 1925
Solenopsis cooperi Donisthorpe, 1947
Solenopsis corticalis Forel, 1881
Solenopsis crivellarii Menozzi, 1936
Solenopsis daguerrei (Santschi, 1930)
Solenopsis dalli (Kusnezov, 1969)
Solenopsis debilior Santschi, 1934
Solenopsis decipiens Emery, 1906
Solenopsis delta (Bernard, 1978)
Solenopsis deserticola Ruzsky, 1905
Solenopsis duboscqui Bernard, 1950
Solenopsis dysderces Snelling, 1975
Solenopsis egregia (Kusnezov, 1953)
Solenopsis electra Forel, 1914
Solenopsis elhawagryi Sharaf & Aldawood, 2012
Solenopsis emeryi Santschi, 1934
Solenopsis exigua
Solenopsis eximia (Kusnezov, 1953)
Solenopsis fairchildi Wheeler, 1926
Solenopsis foersteri Theobald, 1937
Solenopsis franki Forel, 1908
Solenopsis froggatti Forel, 1913
Solenopsis fugax (Latreille, 1798)
Solenopsis fusciventris Clark, 1934
Solenopsis gallardoi Santschi, 1925
Solenopsis gallica Santschi, 1934
Solenopsis gayi (Spinola, 1851)
Solenopsis geminata (Fabricius, 1804)
Solenopsis georgica Menozzi, 1942
Solenopsis germaini Emery, 1895
Solenopsis globularia (Smith, 1858)
Solenopsis gnomula Emery, 1915
Solenopsis goeldii Forel, 1912
Solenopsis granivora Kusnezov, 1957
Solenopsis hammari Mayr, 1903
Solenopsis hayemi Forel, 1908
Solenopsis helena Emery, 1895
Solenopsis hostilis (Borgmeier, 1959)
Solenopsis iheringi Forel, 1908
Solenopsis ilinei Santschi, 1936
Solenopsis indagatrix Wheeler, 1928
Solenopsis indet
Solenopsis insculpta Clark, 1938
Solenopsis insinuans Santschi, 1933
Solenopsis insularis (Bernard, 1978)
Solenopsis interrupta Santschi, 1916
入侵红火蚁 Solenopsis invicta Buren, 1972
Solenopsis jacoti Wheeler, 1923
Solenopsis jalalabadica Pisarski, 1970
Solenopsis japonica Wheeler, 1928
Solenopsis joergenseni Santschi, 1919
Solenopsis juliae (Arakelian, 1991)
Solenopsis kabylica Santschi, 1934
Solenopsis knuti Pisarski, 1967
Solenopsis kochi Finzi Stat.
Solenopsis krockowi Wheeler, 1908
Solenopsis laboriosa
Solenopsis laeviceps Mayr, 1870
Solenopsis laevithorax Bernard, 1950
Solenopsis latastei Emery, 1895
Solenopsis latro Forel, 1894
Solenopsis leptanilloides Santschi, 1925
Solenopsis longiceps Forel, 1907
Solenopsis loretana Santschi, 1936
Solenopsis lotophaga Santschi, 1911
Solenopsis lou Forel, 1902
Solenopsis lusitanica Emery, 1915
Solenopsis macdonaghi Santschi, 1916
Solenopsis macrops Santschi, 1917
Solenopsis madara Roger, 1863
Solenopsis major Theobald, 1937
Solenopsis maligna Santschi, 1910
Solenopsis mameti Donisthorpe, 1946
Solenopsis marxi Forel, 1915
Solenopsis maxillosa Emery, 1900
Solenopsis maxima (Foerster, 1891)
Solenopsis medioclara Santschi
Solenopsis megera Santschi, 1934
Solenopsis megergates Trager, 1991
Solenopsis metanotalis Emery, 1896
Solenopsis metatarsalis (Kusnezov, 1957)
Solenopsis minutissima Emery, 1906
Solenopsis moesta (Foerster, 1891)
Solenopsis molesta (Say, 1836)
Solenopsis monticola Bernard, 1950
Solenopsis mozabensis (Bernard, 1977)
Solenopsis nicaeensis Bernard, 1950
Solenopsis nickersoni Thompson, 1982
Solenopsis nigella Emery, 1888
Solenopsis nitens Bingham, 1903
Solenopsis nitidum (Dlussky & Radchenko, 1994)
Solenopsis normandi Santschi, 1934
Solenopsis novemmaculata Wheeler, 1925
Solenopsis occipitalis Santschi, 1911
Solenopsis oculata Santschi, 1925
Solenopsis omana Collingwood & Agosti, 1996
Solenopsis oraniensis Forel, 1894
Solenopsis orbula Emery, 1875
Solenopsis orbuloides Andre, 1890
Solenopsis overbecki Viehmeyer, 1916
Solenopsis pachycera (Forel, 1915)
Solenopsis papuana Emery, 1900
Solenopsis parabiotica Weber, 1943
Solenopsis parva Mayr, 1868
Solenopsis patagonica Emery, 1906
Solenopsis pawaensis Mann, 1919
Solenopsis pergandei Forel, 1901
Solenopsis photophila Santschi, 1923
Solenopsis picea Emery, 1896
Solenopsis picquarti Forel, 1899
Solenopsis picta Emery, 1895
Solenopsis pilosa (Bernard, 1978)
Solenopsis pilosula Wheeler, 1908
Solenopsis pollux Forel, 1893
Solenopsis privata (Foerster, 1891)
Solenopsis provincialis Bernard, 1950
Solenopsis punctaticeps Mayr, 1865
Solenopsis puncticeps MacKay & Vinson, 1989
Solenopsis pusillignis Trager, 1991
Solenopsis pygmaea Forel, 1901
Solenopsis pylades Forel
Solenopsis pythia Santschi, 1934
Solenopsis quinquecuspis Forel, 1913
Solenopsis reichenspergeri Santschi, 1923
Solenopsis richardi Bernard, 1950
入侵黑火蟻 Solenopsis richteri Forel, 1909
Solenopsis robusta Bernard, 1950
Solenopsis rugiceps Mayr, 1870
Solenopsis rugosa Bernard, 1950
Solenopsis sabeana (Buckley, 1867)
Solenopsis saevissima (Smith, 1855)
Solenopsis salina Wheeler, 1908
Solenopsis santschii Forel, 1905
Solenopsis saudiensis Sharaf & Aldawood, 2011
Solenopsis scelesta Forel
Solenopsis schilleri Santschi, 1923
Solenopsis schmalzi Forel, 1901
Solenopsis scipio Santschi, 1911
Solenopsis sea (Kusnezov, 1953)
Solenopsis seychellensis Forel, 1909
Solenopsis shiptoni Santschi
Solenopsis silvestrii Emery, 1906
Solenopsis similis
Solenopsis solenopsidis (Kusnezov, 1953)
Solenopsis soochowensis Wheeler, 1921
Solenopsis spei Forel, 1912
Solenopsis steigeri Santschi
Solenopsis stricta Emery, 1896
Solenopsis substituta Santschi, 1925
Solenopsis subterranea MacKay & Vinson, 1989
Solenopsis subtilis Emery, 1896
Solenopsis succinea Emery, 1890
Solenopsis sulfurea (Roger, 1862)
Solenopsis superba (Foerster, 1891)
Solenopsis targuia Bernard, 1953
Solenopsis tennesseensis Smith, 1951
Solenopsis tenuis Mayr, 1878
Solenopsis terricola Menozzi, 1931
Solenopsis tertialis Ettershank, 1966
Solenopsis tetracantha Emery, 1906
Solenopsis texana Emery, 1895
Solenopsis tipuna Forel, 1912
Solenopsis tonsa Thompson, 1989
Solenopsis transversalis
Solenopsis tridens Forel, 1911
Solenopsis trihasta Santschi, 1923
Solenopsis truncorum Forel, 1901
Solenopsis ugandensis Santschi, 1933
Solenopsis valida (Foerster, 1891)
Solenopsis vinsoni Pacheco & Mackay, 2013
Solenopsis virulens (Smith, 1858)
Solenopsis vorax Santschi, 1934
Solenopsis wasmannii Emery, 1894
Solenopsis weiseri Forel, 1914
Solenopsis westwoodi Forel, 1894
Solenopsis weyrauchi Trager, 1991
Solenopsis wolfi Emery, 1915
Solenopsis xyloni McCook, 1879
Solenopsis zambesiae Arnold, 1926
Solenopsis zeteki Wheeler, 1942
参考文献
Wheeler, G. C. and J. Wheeler. The ants of Nevada . Los Angeles: Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. 1986.
Salvatore Brullo, Cristian Brullo, Gianmarco Tavilla, Giuseppe Siracusa and Salvatore Cambria. 2022. Solenopsis bacchettae (Campanulaceae, Lobelioideae), A New Species from Sardinia. Nordic Journal of Botany. DOI: 10.1111/njb.03773