Solenopsis orbula Emery

Type location Corsica (Emery, 1875a: 74, worker, and 1875b: 472; André, 1883b: 389, queen; Tohmé & Tohmé, 1980b: 133, male, all forms illustrated; see Poldi, 1992: 91); subspecies kochi (Finzi, 1936: 178, illustrated, all forms) from Egypt; and terniensis (Forel, 1905b: 175, worker & queen; Emery, 1909a: 33, male) from Algeria. H Tohmé & G Tohmé (1980b) reviewed Solenopsis species from Syria and included illustrated descriptions of orbula.

Emery's (1875b) description is at . André (1881-6: 356) gave a description, this is at . Finzi's (1936) description of kochi is at .

Egypt records - in HNS as Solenopsis orbula subsp. kochi Finzi.