Tapinoma karavaievi Emery

Type location Turkmenistan (Tapinoma simrothi karavievi n., Emery, 1925b: 52, illustrated, all forms; raised to species by ?) Transcapian, Karavaiev - see below.

Previously described as Tapinoma nigerrimum by Mayr, in Fedtschenko (1876 [1880] - name only; and as Tapinoma erraticum nigerrimum by Karavaiev (1909: 46).

Emery's (1925b) description is at . Karavaiev (1909) is at .

The photomontage of a worker is collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0904019.

The photomontage of a queen is collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=antweb1008472.

Oxford University Museum specimens

Tapinoma karavaievi B Taylor det. Queen

Iran M Seiri 16

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Gholi Kandi 1911 m 27°C Forest, on trees

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The photomontage is of a worker from Iran, xx, collector M Seiri (16).