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Tapinoma wheeleri
| Tapinoma wheeleri | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Dolichoderinae |
| Genus: | Tapinoma |
| Species: | T. wheeleri |
| Binomial name | |
| Tapinoma wheeleri (Mann, 1935) | |
Identification
Distribution
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Indo-Australian Region: Samoa (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. |
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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.
- wheeleri. Zatapinoma wheeleri Mann, 1935: 36, fig. 2 (s.) SAMOA. Combination in Tapinoma: Shattuck, 1992c: 152.
Description
References
- Mann, W. M. 1935. Two new ants collected in quarantine. Psyche (Camb.) 42: 35-37 (page 36, fig. 2 soldier described)
- Shattuck, S. O. 1992c. Generic revision of the ant subfamily Dolichoderinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Sociobiology 21: 1-181 (page 152, Combination in Tapinoma)
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Kami K.S., and S. E. Miller. 1998. Samoan insects and related arthropods: checklist and bibliography. Bishop Museum Technical Report 13, pp 121.
- Mann W. M. 1935. Two new ants collected in quarantine. Psyche (Cambridge) 42: 35-37.
- 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.
- Wetterer, James K. and Vargo, Donald Vargo L. 2003. Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Samoa. Pacific Science. 57(4):409-419.
- Wheeler W.M. 1935. Check list of the ants of Oceania. Occasional Papers of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum 11(11):1-56.