Tapinoma erraticum

Distribution
This taxon was described from France. It is also found in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

Nomenclature

 *  erraticum. Formica erratica Latreille, 1798: 44 (w.q.m.) FRANCE. Wheeler, G.C. & Wheeler, J. 1951: 197 (l.). Combination in Tapinoma: Smith, F. 1855a: 111. Senior synonym of collina: Schenck, 1852: 67; of glabrella: Smith, F. 1855a: 111; Mayr, 1855: 373; Radchenko, 2007: 38; of caerulescens: Mayr, 1865: 62; of breve, tauridis and transcaucasica: Dlussky, Soyunov & Zabelin, 1990: 169; of bononiensis: Atanassov & Dlussky, 1992: 192. Current subspecies: nominal plus atomum, platyops. See also: Emery, 1925d: 53; Kutter, 1977c: 181; Seifert, 1984a: 151; Shattuck, 1994: 143; Seifert, 2012a: 144.
 * caerulescens. Formica caerulescens Losana, 1834: 314, fig. 3 (w.) ITALY. Junior synonym of erraticum: Mayr, 1865: 62.
 * glabrella. Formica glabrella Nylander, 1849: 38 (footnote) (w.) RUSSIA. Junior synonym of erraticum: Smith, F. 1855a: 111; Mayr, 1855: 373; Radchenko, 2007: 38.
 * collina. Tapinoma collina Foerster, 1850a: 43 (w.q.) GERMANY. Junior synonym of erraticum: Schenck, 1852: 67.
 * bononiensis. Tapinoma erraticum var. bononiensis Emery, 1925d: 55 (w.q.) ITALY. Junior synonym of erraticum: Atanassov & Dlussky, 1992: 192.
 * breve. Tapinoma breve Emery, 1925d: 60, fig. 12 (w.) KAZAKHSTAN. Subspecies of erraticum: Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1927d: 34. Junior synonym of erraticum: Dlussky, Soyunov & Zabelin, 1990: 169.
 * tauridis. Tapinoma tauridis Emery, 1925d: 59, fig. 11 (w.q.m.) UKRAINE. Junior synonym of erraticum: Dlussky, Soyunov & Zabelin, 1990: 169. See also: Karavaiev, 1927d: 336.
 * transcaucasica. Tapinoma tauridis subsp. transcaucasica Karavaiev, 1927d: 337 (w.m.) KAZAKHSTAN. [First available use of Tapinoma simrothi subsp. karavaievi var. transcaucasica Karavaiev, 1926e: 187; unavailable name.] Junior synonym of erraticum: Dlussky, Soyunov, & Zabelin, 1990: 169.

Additional References

 * Seifert, B. 2012a. Clarifying naming and identification of the outdoor species of the ant genus Tapinoma Förster, 1850 in Europe north of the Mediterranean region with description of a new species. Myrmecological News 16: 139-147.