Extant: 4 valid subspecies
Formica fugax Latreille, 1798 PDF: 46 (w.q.m.) FRANCE. Palearctic. AntCat AntWikiTaxonomic history
Hauschteck, 1961 PDF: 221 (k.); Santschi, 1910e PDF: 649 (gynandromorph).Combination in Diplorhoptrum: Mayr, 1855 PDF: 450; Baroni Urbani, 1968b PDF: 63; Kutter, 1977c: 102; Bernard, 1978a: 574; Arnol'di & Dlussky, 1978: 539; Collingwood, 1979 PDF: 64; Atanassov & Dlussky, 1992: 168.Combination in Solenopsis: Mayr, 1862 PDF: 751; Emery, 1909a PDF: 30; Emery, 1922c PDF: 201; Bernard, 1967a PDF: 182; Bolton, 1987 PDF: 285; Bolton, 1995b: 387.Senior synonym of Solenopsis flavidula: Mayr, 1855 PDF: 450; Smith, 1855b PDF: 121.Senior synonym of Solenopsis fugax kasalinensis: Dlussky & Zabelin, 1985: 221.Senior synonym of Solenopsis fugax pontica: Dlussky & Zabelin, 1985: 221.Senior synonym of Solenopsis latroides: Dlussky & Radchenko, 1994a PDF: 109; Arakelian, 1994 PDF: 50.Senior synonym of Solenopsis fugax scythica: Dlussky & Radchenko, 1994a PDF: 109; Arakelian, 1994 PDF: 50.See also: Donisthorpe, 1915f: 102; Van Boven, 1977 PDF: 85; Bolton, 1987 PDF: 285; Radchenko, 2007 PDF: 33; Galkowski et al., 2010 PDF: 153, 160.Senior synonym of: Solenopsis avium, Solenopsis balachowskyi, Solenopsis banyulensis, Solenopsis delta, Solenopsis duboscqui, Solenopsis furtiva, Solenopsis insulare, Solenopsis laevithorax, Solenopsis monticola, Solenopsis nicaeensis, Solenopsis pilosum, Solenopsis provincialis, Solenopsis pygmaea, Solenopsis richardi, Solenopsis robusta, Solenopsis rugosa, Solenopsis tertialis: Casevitz-Weulersse & Galkowski, 2009 PDF: 492-493.Senior synonym of Solenopsis orientalis: Karavaiev, 1911a PDF: 49; Emery, 1922c PDF: 202; Karavaiev, 1934: 122; Dlussky & Zabelin, 1985: 221; Dlussky et al., 1990 PDF: 242; Arakelian, 1994 PDF: 50; Dlussky & Radchenko, 1994a PDF: 109; Bolton, 1995b: 387; Schultz et al., 2006 PDF: 203; Gratiashvili & Barjadze, 2008 PDF: 141; Radchenko, 2016: 180.Records
(Map 25): Bulgaria [ Emery 1914 , Agosti and Collingwood 1987a , Atanassov and Dlusskij 1992 (as Diplorhoptrum fugax )]; Western Predbalkan: Rachene river valley [ Vassilev 1984 (as Diplorhoptrum fugax )]; Central Predbalkan: Dermantsi vill. (Lukovit) ( Atanassov 1934 ); Western Stara Planina Mts: Milanovo vill. (Vratsa) ( Atanassov 1934 ); Sofia Basin: Sofia [ Forel 1892 , Atanassov 1936 , Antonova 2004 , 2005 , Lapeva-Gjonova and Atanasova 2004 (as Diplorhoptrum fugax ); Antonova and Penev 2006 , 2008 ], surroundings of Sofia ( Antonova and Penev 2006 ); Vitosha Mt. ( Atanassov 1936 , 1952 ): Dragalevtsi ( Atanassov 1934 ); Podbalkan Basins: Rose valley ( Atanassov et al. 1955 ); Ihtimanska Sredna Gora Mts: Benkovski peak ( Atanassov 1936 ); Lozenska Planina Mt. ( Vassilev and Evtimov 1973 ); Osogovska Planina Mt.: Hisarlaka (Kyustendil) ( Atanassov 1936 ); Krupnik-Sandanski-Petrich Valley: west of Petrich, along Strumeshnitsa river ( Atanassov 1964 ); Western Rhodopi Mts: Asenovgrad ( Forel 1892 ), Peshtera ( Atanassov 1934 , Lapeva-Gjonova in press (a) ); Eastern Rhodopi Mts: Zvezdel vill. (Momchilgrad), between Dabovets and Kamilski dol vill. (Ivaylovgrad), between Odrintsi and Svirachi vill. (Ivaylovgrad), Svirachi vill. ( Lapeva-Gjonova 2004a ); Southern Black Sea coast: Burgas ( Forel 1895 ).
Sous les pierres dans les montagnes et àGabès , en nids doubles avec d'autres fourmis.
Transcaucasie (Zakataly, Lagodechi, 1 [[ male ]], 2. X. 1896, Mlokosevic!).
Solenopsis fugax is a myrmicine ant of the genus Solenopsis.
It is the only member of its genus to be native to the British Isles, and although rare, it has been taken by Horace Donisthorpe in a number of localities on England's southern coast, including Sandown and Shanklin on the Isle of Wight, and also in the southwesterly region of Lyme Regis.
The species is a thief ant and usually has its nest near another species, stealing food by entering the foreign colony through minute tunnels dug from their own nest.
Solenopsis fugax is a close relative of some tropical species from the genus Solenopsis; some of its many close relatives are S. geminata, S. molesta and S. invicta. The key difference is that the more temperately adapted Solenopsis fugax hibernates in the winter to avoid the harsh cold and lack of food found in these temperate environments. S. fugax is also separated by its lighter colour.
Solenopsis fugax is a myrmicine ant of the genus Solenopsis.
It is the only member of its genus to be native to the British Isles, and although rare, it has been taken by Horace Donisthorpe in a number of localities on England's southern coast, including Sandown and Shanklin on the Isle of Wight, and also in the southwesterly region of Lyme Regis.
The species is a thief ant and usually has its nest near another species, stealing food by entering the foreign colony through minute tunnels dug from their own nest.
