Tapinolepis is a genus of ants in the subfamily Formicinae.[2] The genus is known from the Afrotropical and Malagasy regions. Nothing is known about their biology.[3]
| Tapinolepis | |
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| Tapinolepis tumidula worker | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Formicinae |
| Tribe: | Plagiolepidini |
| Genus: | Tapinolepis Emery, 1925 |
| Type species | |
| Plagiolepis tumidula | |
| Diversity[1] | |
| 14 species | |
| Synonyms | |
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Mesanoplolepis Santschi, 1926 | |
Species edit
- Tapinolepis bothae (Forel, 1907)
- Tapinolepis candida (Santschi, 1928)
- Tapinolepis deceptor (Arnold, 1922)
- Tapinolepis decolor (Emery, 1895)
- Tapinolepis litoralis (Arnold, 1958)
- Tapinolepis longitarsis (Collingwood & Agosti, 1996)
- Tapinolepis macgregori (Arnold, 1922)
- Tapinolepis macrophthalma (Arnold, 1962)
- Tapinolepis mediterranea (Mayr, 1866)
- Tapinolepis melanaria (Arnold, 1922)
- Tapinolepis pernix (Viehmeyer, 1923)
- Tapinolepis simulans (Santschi, 1908)
- Tapinolepis trimenii (Forel, 1895)
- Tapinolepis tumidula (Emery, 1915)
References edit
- ^ Bolton, B. (2014). "Tapinolepis". AntCat. Retrieved 4 July 2014.
- ^ "Genus: Tapinolepis". antweb.org. AntWeb. Retrieved 23 September 2013.
- ^ Hita Garcia, F.; Wiesel, E.; Fischer, G. (2013). "The Ants of Kenya (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)—Faunal Overview, First Species Checklist, Bibliography, Accounts for All Genera, and Discussion on Taxonomy and Zoogeography". Journal of East African Natural History. 101 (2): 127. doi:10.2982/028.101.0201. S2CID 84797311.
External links edit
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