Tapinolepis (lat.) - the genus of ants of the subfamily formicina ( Formicinae , Plagiolepidini ). Africa (about 20 species and subspecies) and the Arabian Peninsula (Yemen, UAE, 1 species) [2] [3] .
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Mesanoplolepis Santschi, 1926 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Plagiolepis tumidula | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ant Tapinolepis tumidula
Content
- 1 Description
- 2 notes
- 3 Literature
- 4 References
Description
Small earth ants of brown color. The posterior thorax is rounded without propodeal spines. Antennae long, in females and workers 11-segmented (in males, antennae consist of 12 segments). Stinging workers with 5 teeth. The mandibular palps are 6-segmented, the lower labial palps are composed of 4 segments. Shins of middle and hind legs without apical spurs. The stalk between the breast and the abdomen consists of one segment ( petiol ) [4] .
- Tapinolepis bothae
- Tapinolepis candida
- Tapinolepis deceptor
- Tapinolepis decolor
- Tapinolepis litoralis
- Tapinolepis longitarsis
- Tapinolepis macgregori
- Tapinolepis macrophthalma
- Tapinolepis mediterranea
- Tapinolepis melanaria
- Tapinolepis melanaria ochraceotincta
- Tapinolepis pernix
- Tapinolepis simulans
- Tapinolepis simulans biskrensis
- Tapinolepis trimenii
- Tapinolepis trimenii angolensis
- Tapinolepis trimenii karrooensis
- Tapinolepis tumidula
Notes
- ↑ Emery, C. 1925. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183: 1-302.
- ↑ Agosti, D. Revision of the oriental ant genus Cladomyrma, with an outline of the higher classification of the Formicinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) (English) // Systematic Entomology . - 1991. - Vol. 16. - P. 293-310.
- ↑ Prins, AJ 1983. A new ant genus from southern Africa (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Annals of the South African Museum 94: 1-11.
- ↑ Bolton B. Synopsis and classification of Formicidae. (English) // Mem. Am. Entomol. Inst. - Gainesville, FL: American Entomological Institute, 2003. - Vol. 71. - P. 1-370. - ISBN 1-887988-15-7 .
Literature
- Agosti, D. Revision of the oriental ant genus Cladomyrma, with an outline of the higher classification of the Formicinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae ) // Systematic Entomology . - 1991. - Vol. 16. - P. 293-310.
- Bolton B. Identification guide to the ant genera of the world. - Cambridge, Mass .: Harvard University Press, 1994 .-- 222 p.
- Bolton B. A new general catalog of the ants of the world. - Cambridge, Mass .: Harvard University Press, 1995 .-- 504 p.
- Bolton B. Synopsis and classification of Formicidae. (English) // Mem. Am. Entomol. Inst. - Gainesville, FL: American Entomological Institute, 2003. - Vol. 71. - P. 1-370. - ISBN 1-887988-15-7 .