Tapinoma minutum cephalicum

Tapinoma minutum cephalicum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Dolichoderinae
Genus:	Tapinoma
Species:	T. minutum
Subspecies:	T. minutum cephalicum
Trinomial name
Tapinoma minutum cephalicum Santschi, 1928

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Australasian Region: Australia (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.

• cephalicum. Tapinoma (Micromyrma) minutum var. cephalicum Santschi, 1928e: 472, fig. 1 (w.q.m.) AUSTRALIA.

Type Material

• Tapinoma (Micromyrma) minutum cephalicum Santschi, 1928: Syntype, 7 workers (1 missing gaster), 1 queen, Townsville, Queensland, Australia, Museum of Comparative Zoology.
• Tapinoma (Micromyrma) minutum cephalicum Santschi, 1928: Syntype, 10 workers, 2 queens, 2 males, Townsville, Queensland, Australia, Naturhistorisches Museum, Basel.

References

• Santschi, F. 1928e. Nouvelles fourmis d'Australie. Bull. Soc. Vaudoise Sci. Nat. 56: 465-483 (page 472, fig. 1 worker, queen, male described)