Home › Entities › taxon › Southern fire ant

Southern fire ant

species of ant
Taxon taxon Q3714975
Press Enter · cited answer in seconds

Southern fire ant

Summary

Southern fire ant is a taxon[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • Southern fire ant's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Southern fire ant is classified at the rank of species[4].
  • Southern fire ant belongs to the parent taxon Solenopsis[5].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Southern fire ant is Solenopsis xyloni[6].
  • Southern fire ant's Commons category is recorded as Solenopsis xyloni[7].
  • Southern fire ant is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Southern Fire Ant'}[8].
  • Southern fire ant's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Invasion Biology[9].
  • Southern fire ant's diel cycle is recorded as diurnality[10].

Body

Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Southern fire ant is Solenopsis xyloni[6]. It is classified at the rank of species[4]. It is classified within Solenopsis[5]. It is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Southern Fire Ant'}[8].

Identifiers

Southern fire ant's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 69547[11]. Southern fire ant's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 310435[12]. Southern fire ant's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 599614[13]. Southern fire ant's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 5035045[14]. Southern fire ant's ITIS TSN is recorded as 154242[15].

Why It Matters

Southern fire ant has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [12] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [15] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [13] ↑ . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [14] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [8] ↑ . BugGuide. wikidata.org.
  11. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [10] ↑ . Diurnal periodicity of flight by insects. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

📑 Cite this page

Use these citations when quoting this entity in research, articles, AI prompts, or wherever provenance matters. We aggregate Wikidata + Wikipedia + authoritative open-data sources; the stitched, scored, cross-referenced view is what 4ort.xyz contributes.

APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Southern fire ant. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/southern-fire-ant
MLA “Southern fire ant.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/southern-fire-ant.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_southern-fire-ant_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Southern fire ant}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/southern-fire-ant}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
LLM prompt According to 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph (aggregator of Wikidata, Wikipedia, and authoritative open-data sources): Southern fire ant — https://4ort.xyz/entity/southern-fire-ant (retrieved 2026-05-03)

Canonical URL: https://4ort.xyz/entity/southern-fire-ant · Last refreshed:

Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 13d ago · Debessis · 2026-08-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Diel cycle → diurnality
    Taxon rank → species
    Maintained by wikiproject → WikiProject Invasion Biology
    Instance of → —
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update-languages-short:0||tt */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/48338|batch #48338]]"
Live feed via Wikidata EventStreams. New edits appear within minutes of being made on Wikidata.