Tapinoma modestum Santschi
  Type location Zimbabwe
(Tapinoma (Micromyrma) modestum, n. sp., Santschi, 1932a: 390,
worker, not illustrated) Bulawayo, viii.1917, G Arnold
worker only described (see Bolton, 1995)  .
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Santschi's (1932a) description is at  .
My translation: WORKER - TL 1.4-1.5 mm; colour yellow
ochre, gaster a duller yellow, and sometimes the vertex and the gaster
somewhat brownish; smooth; pubescence very fine and very short not
hiding the shine of the cuticle; erect hairs solely around the mouth.
Head rectangular, slightly longer than wide, narrowing anteriorly,
sides convex, posterior angles rounded, posterior border straight. Eyes
convex, about a quarter smaller than their distance from the anterior
of the head and set between the midline and the anterior third of the
head. Frontal carinae wide apart; frontal area and notch indistinct;
mandibles smooth with three small anterior teeth following the
denticles. Scape reaching the posterior border of the head; funiculus
segments 2-9 wider than long, the second shorter, the first as long as
the following three together. Thorax as long as the head, dorsal
profile near flat; propodeum angle rounded with the basal face wider
than long, the declivity bordered; pronotum about as wide as long, also
the mesonotum. Petiole scale very low.
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 The photomontage of the
type worker is
collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0911574
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Oxford University Museum
specimens
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Mali
David King
King 47
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25.viii.2007
Bamako
12°37.481' N
8°00.27' W
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323 m asl; foraging
on wall of outside stairwell
2 on 1 point
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1
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Tapinoma modestum
B Taylor det. |
Benin
S Tchibozo
Benin 1
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27.viii.2006
Bonou
06°50-55' N
02°20-30'E
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Forêt de
Gnanhouizoumè, Pitfall trap
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1
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Tapinoma modestum
B Taylor det. |
Gabon
Y Braet
Gabon 127
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3.viii.2006
Pongara
00°34' N
09°19' E
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On a fallen tree
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2
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Tapinoma modestum
B Taylor det.
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Tanzania
G McGavin
tree 5-56
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12.i.1997
Mkomazi
3°54.75' S
37°48.58' E
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pkd collection from Acacia nilotica; 37M 0375378 UTM
9571003
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1
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Tapinoma modestum
B Taylor det. |
Tanzania
G McGavin
tree 3-66
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16.i.1996
Mkomazi
3°57.996' S
37°48.128' E
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pkd collection from Lannea schweinfurthii
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1
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Tapinoma modestum
B Taylor det. |
Tanzania
G McGavin
tree 3-67
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16.i.1996
Mkomazi
3°57.996' S
37°48.128' E
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pkd collection from Lannea schweinfurthii
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1
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 The
photomontage is of a worker from Mali (King 47).
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 The
photomontage is of a worker (bottom) showing apparent mimicry of
colour with Crematogaster chlorotica
(top) and Pheidole tristis (middle),
all collected at the same time on the same wall.
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 The
photomontage is of a worker from Gabon, Pongara National
Park, collector Yves Braet, (Gabon 127)
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 The
photomontage is of a specimen from Benin, Bonou, Forêt de
Gnanhouizoumè, 06°50-55 N 02°20-30'E; Pitfall trap; S Tchibozo;
27.viii.2006. The specimen was holding a worker of Plagiolepis
brunni in its jaws.
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 The
photomontage is of a specimen from Tanzania, Mkomazi Game
Reserve, 3°57.996' S 37°48.128' E, pkd collection from Lannea
schweinfurthii, (Tree 3/67), 16.i.1996, by G McGavin.
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 The photomontage of a worker
from Zimbabwe is collated
from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=sam-hym-c004805.
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