Tapinolepis macrophthalma

Tapinolepis macrophthalma
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Formicinae
Tribe:	Plagiolepidini
Genus:	Tapinolepis
Species:	T. macrophthalma
Binomial name
Tapinolepis macrophthalma (Arnold, 1962)

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: -19.83333° to -19.83333°.

North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

• Source: AntMaps

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Afrotropical Region: Kenya, Zimbabwe (type locality), Zimbabwe (type locality).

Distribution based on AntMaps

Distribution based on AntWeb specimens

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Countries Occupied

Number of countries occupied by this species based on AntWiki Regional Taxon Lists. In general, fewer countries occupied indicates a narrower range, while more countries indicates a more widespread species.

Estimated Abundance

Relative abundance based on number of AntMaps records per species (this species within the purple bar). Fewer records (to the left) indicates a less abundant/encountered species while more records (to the right) indicates more abundant/encountered species.

Nomenclature

The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.

• macrophthalma. Anoplolepis macrophthalma Arnold, 1962: 844, fig. 1 (w.q.m.) ZIMBABWE. Combination in Tapinolepis: Bolton, 2003: 268.

References

• Arnold, G. 1962. New species of African Hymenoptera. No. 16. Occas. Pap. Natl. Mus. South. Rhod. B. Nat. Sci. 3: 844-855. (page 844, fig. 1 worker, queen, male described)
• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 67, catalogue)
• Bolton, B. 2003. Synopsis and Classification of Formicidae. Mem. Am. Entomol. Inst. 71: 370pp (page 268, Combination in Tapinolepis)

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

• IZIKO South Africa Museum Collection