Tapinoma connexum Santschi - new status

Type location Kenya (Tapinoma luridum Emery stirps connexum nov., Santschi, 1914b: 118, illustrated, worker & male) Lumbwa, Mau Escarpment, xii.1912, Alluaud & Jeannel
worker & male only described - see below (see Bolton, 1995) .

Santschi's (1914b) description is at .

The photomontage of the type worker is collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0911579

Oxford University Museum specimens

Tapinoma connexum B Taylor det.

Kenya David King King 02-14-2

26.v.2000 Mombasa 03°58'38" S 39°44'52" E

elev 18 m asl

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The photomontage is of a specimen from Kenya, Mombasa; collector David King (02-14-2)

These confirm my separation of this form as a distinct species, separated from Tapinoma luridum.