Tapinoma chiaromontei

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Tapinoma chiaromontei
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Dolichoderinae
Genus: Tapinoma
Species: T. chiaromontei
Binomial name
Tapinoma chiaromontei
Menozzi, 1930

Identification

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Afrotropical Region: Somalia (type locality).

Distribution based on AntMaps

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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.
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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.
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Biology

Castes

Nomenclature

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

  • chiaromontei. Tapinoma chiaromontei Menozzi, 1930b: 113, fig. 4 (w.) SOMALIA.

Description

References

  • Menozzi, C. 1930b. Formiche della Somalia italiana meridionale. Memorie della Societa Entomologica Italiana 9: 76-130 (page 113, fig. 4 worker described)

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

  • Menozzi C. 1930. Formiche della Somalia italiana meridionale. Memorie della Società Entomologica Italiana. 9: 76-130.
  • Shattuck S. O. 1994. Taxonomic catalog of the ant subfamilies Aneuretinae and Dolichoderinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). University of California Publications in Entomology 112: i-xix, 1-241.