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Tapinoma sinense
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Dolichoderinae |
| Genus: | Tapinoma |
| Species: | T. sinense |
| Binomial name | |
| Tapinoma sinense Emery, 1925
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Sexuals were found in the Tian Shan 29 July 1922 (Seifert et al., 2024).
Identification
Seifert et al. (2024) - Worker (Tab. 7, Figs. 12, 13): All shape ratios given below are primary ratios without RAv and all data are given as arithmetic mean ± standard deviation (n-weighted). Rather small, CS 673 ± 40 µm. Head very short, CL/CW 1.057 ± 0.035. Postocular distance large, PoOc/CL 0.444 ± 0.006. Anteromedian clypeal excision very shallow and very broad, ExCly/CS 2.76 ± 0.45 %, ExClyW 10.16 ± 1.52 %. Few pubescence hairs and small setae protruding a few micron across margin of clypeal excision, nExCly 2.33 ± 0.47. Posterior margin of head very slightly excavated, ExOcc/CS 0.74 ± 0.20 %. Scape very short, SL/CS 0.903 ± 0.012. Second funiculus segment short, Fu2L/CS 11.12 ± 0.04 %, IFu2 1.225 ± 0.091. Minimum distance of the inner margins of antennal socket rings moderate, dAN/CS 0.314 ± 0.010. Eye medium-sized, EL/CS 0.285 ± 0.011. Mesosoma moderately wide and short, MW/CS 0.650 ± 0.033, ML/CS 1.191 ± 0.015. Metanotal depression rather shallow, MGr/CS 2.94 ± 0.82 %. Color of head, mesosoma and gaster dirty brown, mandibles femora, tibiae, metatarsae and tarsae paler.
As a combination of very shallow clypeal excision, small CL/CW, small SL/CS, small ML/CS and large PoOc/CL, the species is not to confuse with any known species from Central and East Asia (Tab. 7).
Keys including this Species
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: 42.70583333° to 41.508577°.
| North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
- Source: AntMaps, Seifert et al. (2024)
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Palaearctic Region: China (type locality), Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea, Kazakhstan (type locality), Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Republic of Korea, Russian Federation.
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. |
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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
   
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| Syntype of Tapinoma emeryanum. Worker. Specimen code casent0911577. Photographer Z. Lieberman, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. | Owned by Natural History Museum, Basel. |
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- sinense. Tapinoma sinense Emery, 1925d: 61, fig. 14 (w.) CHINA.
- Santschi, 1925f: 94 (q.m.).
- Status as species: Collingwood, 1976: 299.
- emeryanum. Tapinoma emeryanum Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1927d: 35 (w.q.m.) KAZAKHSTAN.
- Subspecies of sinense: Dlussky, 1962: 180.
- Status as species: Tarbinsky, 1976: 119.
- Junior synonym of sinense: Seifert et al., 2024: 64.
Type Material
Tapinoma sinense Emery, 1925 [evaluation of image of type]
Seifert et al. (2024) - The species has been described based on material collected by Zichy in Mongolia. The diagnosis is based on evaluation of the image CASENT0904016 in ww.antweb.org of a type worker labelled “”T. sinense Emery”, “Mongolia Burgaltai”, “Exp. Zichy leg. Csiki”, “IX.5.1898.”, “TYPUS”, “ANTWEB CASENT0904016”.
Tapinoma emeryanum Kuznetzov-Ugamsky, 1927 [evaluation of images of types]
Seifert et al. (2024) - This taxon has been described from two localities in the W Tian Shan region. Investigated were the images of a type worker (CASENT0911577 in www.antweb.org) labelled “West. Tian-Shan Ak-Tasch. 2400 m. Kuznezow”, “Tapinoma emeryana Ku”, “Type”, “Sammlung Dr. F. Santschi Kairouan”, “ANTWEB CASENT0911577” and images of a syntype worker (CASENT0917850 in www.antweb.org) labelled “..Tamerlanovka ..Bugunja...26/ VI -23”, “Syntypus Tapinoma emeryanum Kuzn.”, “N 460 3-0-0” and “ANTWEB CASENT0917850”.
Scatterplots of CL, CW, PoOc, SL, ML and dAN indicate synonymy of Tapinoma emeryanum with T. sinense and a wide distance from other species with shallow clypeal excision.
Description
References
- Collingwood, C. A. 1976a. Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from North Korea. Ann. Hist.-Nat. Mus. Natl. Hung. 68: 295-309 (page 299, see also)
- Dubovikoff, D.A., Yusupov, Z.M. 2017. Family Formicidae - Ants. In Belokobylskij S. A. and A. S. Lelej: Annotated catalogue of the Hymenoptera of Russia. Proceedingss of the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences 6: 197-210.
- Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183: 1-302 (page 61, fig. 14 worker described)
- Santschi, F. 1925f. Contribution à la faune myrmécologique de la Chine. Bull. Soc. Vaudoise Sci. Nat. 56: 81-96 (page 94, queen, male described)
- Seifert, B., Kaufmann, B., Fraysse, L. 2024. A taxonomic revision of the Palaearctic species of the ant genus Tapinoma Mayr 1861 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Zootaxa 5435(1), 1-74 (doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5435.1.1).
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
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