Solenopsis aurea, also commonly called the golden fire ant, is a species of ant native to the southwestern United States and Northern Mexico. Workers have a pale golden coloration with occasional brown spots.[1][2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Genus: | Solenopsis |
| Species: | S. aurea
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| Binomial name | |
| Solenopsis aurea Wheeler, 1906
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References
edit- ^ "Solenopis aurea". ITIS. Retrieved 30 July 2018.
- ^ "Species: Solenopsis aurea - AntWeb". www.antweb.org. Retrieved 2018-07-30.