Tapinolepis (Mesanoplolepis) pernix (Viehmeyer)

Type locality Sudan (Plagiolepis (Anoplolepis) pernix n sp., Viehmeyer, 1923: 92, worker; in Anoplolepis Emery, 1925b: 18; in Tapinolepis by Bolton, 2003: 267), collected at El Egheibish, Kordofan, 6 April 1914, by F Werner; no type images on Antweb (April 2015)

Worker only described; in subgenus Anoploplepis (Bolton, 1995) .

Viehmeyer's (1923) description is at .

Oxford University Museum specimens

Tapinolepis (Mesanoplolepis) pernix B Taylor det.	Sudan J Mathews JM 072	23.x.2000 Kordofan 11°21' N 34°27' E	El Ain near El Obeid pyrethrum fogging of Acacia senegal	3
Tapinolepis (Mesanoplolepis) pernix B Taylor det.	Sudan J Mathews JM 084	24.x.2000 Kordofan 11°21' N 34°27' E	El Ain near El Obeid pyrethrum fogging of Acacia senegal	1
Tapinolepis (Mesanoplolepis) pernix B Taylor det.	Sudan J Mathews JM 092	25.x.2000 Kordofan 11°21' N 34°27' E	El Ain near El Obeid pyrethrum fogging of Acacia senegal	2

The photomontage is of a worker from Sudan, Kordofan, El Ain near El Obeid; collector J Mathews (JM 092), 3 workers plus 5 unmounted.

The photomontage is of a worker from Sudan, Kordofan, El Ain near El Obeid; collector J Mathews (JM 072), 2 workers plus several unmounted.