This species inhabits both wet and dry forest habitats. It is abundant in dry Pacific slope habitats, including forests, scrubby vegetation, and city parks. It is also abundant in the canopy of Atlantic slope wet forest, to about 1000m elevation. I have not collected it from the wet forests of the southern Pacific lowlands.
Solenopsis zeteki is arboreal. Nests can be found in almost any small arboreal cavity, including dead sticks, under epiphyte mats, and opportunistically in ant plants such as Cecropia and domatium-producing Melastomataceae. I have found both monogynous and polygynous colonies.
Panama (type locality), Costa Rica. Costa Rica: widespread, to about 1000m elevation.
Taxonomic history
Pacheco & Mackay, 2013 PDF: 361 (w.q.).Senior synonym of Solenopsis torresi: Pacheco & Mackay, 2013 PDF: 361.
