Tapinolepis (Mesanoplolepis) mediterranea (Mayr)
  Type locality Egypt (Plagiolepis
(Anoplolepis) mediterranea, Mayr, 1866a: 493, worker; in Anoplolepis,
Emery, 1925b: 17; in Tapinolepis
by Bolton, 2003: 267) location not given, collector R v. Frauenfeld -
see below
Worker only described.
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Mayr's (1866a) description is at  .
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 The photomontage of the
type worker is
collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0915743.
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Oxford University Museum
specimens
Tapinolepis (Mesanoplolepis) mediterranea
B Taylor det.
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Sudan
J Mathews
JM 072
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23.x.2000
Kordofan
11°21' N
34°27' E
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El Ain near El Obeid
pyrethrum fogging of Acacia senegal
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7
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Tapinolepis (Mesanoplolepis) mediterranea
B Taylor det. |
Sudan
J Mathews
JM 079
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24.x.2000
Kordofan
11°21' N
34°27' E
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El Ain near El Obeid
pyrethrum fogging of Acacia senegal |
1
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Tapinolepis (Mesanoplolepis) mediterranea
B Taylor det. |
Sudan
J Mathews
JM 092
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25.x.2000
Kordofan
11°21' N
34°27' E
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El Ain near El Obeid
pyrethrum fogging of Acacia senegal |
3
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Tapinolepis (Mesanoplolepis) mediterranea
B Taylor det. |
Sudan
J Mathews
JM 279
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1.vii.2001
Khordonia
11°51' N
34°15' E
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Blue Nile
Damazine Plantation
Semi-natural forest; canopy fogging of Acacia senegal
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1
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Tapinolepis (Mesanoplolepis) mediterranea
B Taylor det. |
Sudan
J Mathews
JM 289
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1.vii.2001
Khordonia
11°51' N
34°15' E |
Blue Nile
Damazine Plantation
Semi-natural forest; canopy fogging of Acacia senegal |
1
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 The
photomontage is of a major worker from Sudan,
collected by J Mathews, by pyrethrum fogging of Acacia senegal;
Kordofan, El Ain near El Obeid, ca 12°56' N 30°35' E, 23.x.2000, 4 plus
30 plus unmounted; also JM 092, 25.x.2000, 3 plus several unmounted.
Two
samples from Khordonia, Damazine Plantation, Blue Nile, 11°51' N 34°15'
E, 2 trees in semi-natural forest, JM 279, 1.vii.2001; JM 289, 1
worker( same day.
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 The
photomontage is of a minor worker from Sudan,
Abu Gmein, Blue Nile, collector J Mathews (JM 072).
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 The
photomontage is of a worker from Sudan,
Abu Gmein, Blue Nile, collector J Mathews (JM 092).
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 The photomontage is
collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0104311
Collection Information: Specimen Code CASENT0104311; Locality Kenya:
Nairobi-Magadi Road, 33 mi.N.of Magadi; 1000 m; Collection codes:
ANTC5229; Date: 23 Nov 1957; Collected by: E.S.Ross & R.E.Leech
This has the subcrassate and rounded petiole, with a
convex anterior, of Mayr's description.
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