Galapagos Species Database

The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.

Solenopsis gnoma Pacheco, Herrera & Mackay, 2007

hormiga, Ant

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Arthropoda

Class
Insecta

Order
Hymenoptera

Suborder
Apocrita

Superfamily
Vespoidea

Family
Formicidae

Section
Solenopsidini

Genus
Solenopsis

Species
gnoma

Taxon category: Accepted

Origin: Endemic

Distribution

Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.

Distribution: Albany, Bowditch South, Española, Floreana, Isabela, Marchena, San Cristobal, Santa Cruz and Santiago.

References

  • Herrera, H. W., Tocora, M. C., Fiorentino, G., Causton, C. E., Dekoninck, W., & Hendrickx, F. (2024) The ants of the Galápagos Islands (Hymenoptera, Formicidae): a historical overview, checklist, and identification key. ZooKeys, 1191, 151.
  • Herrera, H. W., Baert, L., Dekoninck, W., Causton, C. E., Sevilla, C. R., Pozo, P., & Hendrickx, F. (2020) Distribution and habitat preferences of Galápagos ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) Belgian Journal of Entomology 93: 1–60.
  • Pacheco, J. Herrera, H.W. & Mackay, W. (2007) A new species of Thief Ant of the Genus Solenopsis from the Galápagos Islands (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Sociobiology 50(3): 1075-1086.

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"Galapagos Species Database, Solenopsis gnoma", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=6944. Accessed 22 April 2026.