Tapinoma pygmaeum

Tapinoma pygmaeum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Dolichoderinae
Genus:	Tapinoma
Species:	T. pygmaeum
Binomial name
Tapinoma pygmaeum (Dufour, 1857) Specimen Labels
Synonyms
Micromyrma dufouri Donisthorpe, 1943 Tapinoma confusum Smith, M.R., 1951

Identification

Keys including this Species

• Key to Palaearctic Tapinoma

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 451.18° to 42.001944°.

North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

• Source: AntMaps, Seifert et al. (2024)

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Palaearctic Region: France (type locality), Iberian Peninsula, Italy, Netherlands, Spain.

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.

• pygmaeum. Micromyrma pygmaea Dufour, 1857: 61 (w.) FRANCE. Espadaler, 1978: 122 (q.m.). Combination in Tapinoma: Roger, 1859: 240; in T. (Micromyrma): Menozzi, 1925a: 17. Junior synonym of erraticum: Dalla Torre, 1893: 165; Emery, 1913a: 40. Revived from synonymy: Menozzi, 1925a: 17; Emery, 1925d: 62. Senior synonym of confusum: Smith, M.R. 1951a: 837. See also: Smith, M.R. 1958c: 141; Kutter, 1977c: 182.
• dufouri. Micromyrma dufouri Donisthorpe, 1943f: 662. Unnecessary replacement name for Micromyrma pygmaea Dufour, 1857: 61. [Junior primary homonym of dufourii Perris, above.] Replacement name (unnecessary): Tapinoma confusum Smith, M.R. 1951a: 837.
• confusum. Tapinoma confusum Smith, M.R. 1951a: 837. Unnecessary replacement name for dufouri Donisthorpe, 1943f: 662. [Unnecessary replacement name for pygmaea Dufour, 1857: 61.] Junior synonym of pygmaeum: Smith, M.R. 1951a: 837.

References

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• Csősz, S., Báthori, F., Gallé, L., Lőrinczi, G., Maák, I., Tartally, A., Kovács, É., Somogyi, A.Á., Markó, B. 2021. The myrmecofauna (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Hungary: Survey of ant species with an annotated synonymic inventory. Insects 16;12(1):78 (doi:10.3390/insects12010078).
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• Dufour, L. 1857. Mélanges entomologiques. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Fr. (3)(5): 39-70 (page 61, worker described)
• Emery, C. 1913a [1912]. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Dolichoderinae. Genera Insectorum 137: 1-50 (page 40, Junior synonym of erraticum)
• Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183: 1-302 (page 62, Revived from synonymy)
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References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

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