Tapinoma erraticum (Latreille)
 Iran List Egypt
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 Type location France
(Formica erratica, Latreille, 1798: 44, all forms) - neotype
images at http://www.antweb.org/specimenImages.do?code=antweb1008468
junior
synonyms - *
synonymised by Dlussky, Soyunov & Zabelin, 1990: 169)
collina (Tapinoma
collina, Foerster, 1850a, worker & queen;
synonymy
Schenck, 1852: 67) from Germany - no images on Antweb (June
2015)
glabrella (Formica
glabrella, Nylander,
1849: 38, worker; synonymy F Smith, 1855a: 111) from Russia -
no images on Antweb (June 2015)
caerulescens
(Formica caerulescens, Losana,
1834: 314, illustrated, worker; synonymy Mayr, 1865: 62) from Italy
- no images on Antweb (June 2015)
breve (Tapinoma
breve, Emery, 1925d: 60, illustrated, worker *) from Turkestan
- see http://www.antweb.org/specimenImages.do?name=casent0904020
nigerrima (Formica nigerrima, Nylander,
1856b: 71, worker; and junior synonyms ibericum, Santschi,
1925g: 349, male, from Spain; and magnum, Mayr, 1861: 41, queen
& male from Italy *) from France
tauridis (Emery,
1925d: 59, illustrated, all forms *) from Ukraine - see http://www.antweb.org/specimenImages.do?name=casent0904021
transcaucasica
(Tapinoma tauridis subsp. transcaucasica, Karavaiev, 1927d:
337, worker & male *) from Turkestan - no images on Antweb
(June 2015)
bononiensis
(Emery, 1925d: 55, worker & queen; synonymy Atanassov &
Dlussky, 1992: 192) from Italy - (yellow brown form see http://www.antweb.org/specimenImages.do?code=casent0904022
subspecies
atomum (Formica
atomum, Latreille,
1798: 44, worker) from France - no images on Antweb
(June 2015)
madeirense (Tapinoma
erraticum var. madeirense, Forel,
1895d: 231, worker) from Madeira I - see (queen) http://www.antweb.org/specimenImages.do?code=casent0909760
platyops
(Tapinoma erraticum var. platyops, Emery, 1925d: 56,
illustrated, all forms) from Switzerland - see http://www.antweb.org/specimenImages.do?code=casent0904023
see Shattuck (1994: 143 [unavailable]).
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 Latreille's
description is at  .
André (1881-6: 222) gave a
full illustrated description of all forms, with notes; this is at  , with the illustrations on  .
Tapinoma erraticum was illustrated by Emery
(1916b).
Emery (1925d) attempted to clarify the state of the then
known palaearctic forms - see emery-1925d-hns3905.pdf
Most erraticum forms appear quite similar in proportions and
colour. He described bononiensis,
from the plains around Bologne, as (p. 55) uniquely different in the
light chestnut-brown colour of the worker. TL 2.5-3.5 mm, but the queen
was the same colour as the type erraticum. Atanassov &
Dlussky (1992) was on ants from Bulgaria, in Bulgarian, and seemingly
not available via link sources.
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 Egypt
records - listed without details as variety nigerrima known
from Egypt by André (1881-6: 222); from Gebel Asfar, Abu-Rawash, Port
Said, Burg El-Arab, Marsa Matrouh, Al-Ayiat (Giza), Baharyia oasis,
Wadi Rishrash (Sharaf list).
Mohamad thesis (1979) had - Egypt,(Det.Crawley,1927)
(Coll.Alf.) Max (Alexandria), 21.iv.1952; Abu Manna, 8.iv.1954; Gebel
Asfar (Qaliobyia), 20.iii.1955; Abu Rawash, 4.iii.1957; Port Said,
21.iii.1975; Burg El-Arab (Alexandria), 26.iii.1975; Marsa Matrouh,
7.iv.1976; El-Aiyat (Giza), 2.vii.1976; Baharyia oasis (Western
desert), 19.i.1978 (Coll.Ain.) Idfina, ii.1933 (Coll.Min.)
Wadi Rishrash, 9.iii.1935 (Coll.Car.) Egypt, (Det.Crawley,1927) (Coll.Soc.)
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Oxford University Museum
specimens
Tapinoma erraticum
B Taylor det.
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Italy
H Bytinski-Salz
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25.x.1936
Veneto
045°21'54.7"N
11°40'20.26”E
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Teolo |
1
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Tapinoma erraticum
B Taylor det. |
Slovenia
Jaeger
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Podcetrtek
46.156 N
15.5976 E
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1
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Tapinoma erraticum
B Taylor det. |
Iran
O Paknia
ZMGU 1406
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xi.2004
Miankaleh
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36°45' to 36°55'N
53°25' to 54°05'E
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2
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Tapinoma erraticum
B Taylor det. |
Iran
O Paknia
ZMGU 1417
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viii.2004
Miankaleh
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36°45' to 36°55'N
53°25' to 54°05'E
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2
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Tapinoma erraticum
B Taylor det. |
Iran
M Safariyan
12
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4.ii.2014
35.94820°N
47.55973°E
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Salvat abad village
pitfall trap; near water
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1
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Tapinoma erraticum
B Taylor det. |
Iran
F Borjali
34
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30.iv.2014
37°9593 N
49°5260 E
47 m
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Siahkhal
hand collected
montane, on ground, 0810h
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1
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 The
photomontage is of workers from Yugoslavia, sent to BT by
Armin Ionescu, Tel Aviv University
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 The
photomontage is of specimens from Iran, ZMGU 1406;
collected by Omid Paknia. Other specimens labelled ZMGU 1417 also were
examined.
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 The
photomontage is of a worker from Iran, Salvat Ahad village,
collected by M Safariyan (12).
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