Tapinolepis
Emery, 1925
valid
feminine
Tapinolepis
Emery, 1925d:
18
[as subgenus of Anoplolepis]
Type-species:
Plagiolepis tumidula (obsolete combination of Tapinolepis tumidula), by monotypy.
- Tapinolepis in Formicinae, Plagiolepidini: Bolton, 2003: 23, 107.
- Tapinolepis as junior synonym of Anoplolepis: Brown, 1973b: 185 [provisional].
- Tapinolepis as genus: Bolton, 2003: 107, 267.
Junior synonyms
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Mesanoplolepis
Santschi, 1926
Obsolete classification(s): Anoplolepis (Mesanoplolepis)
Obsolete classifications
Genus Tapinolepis references
See under Anoplolepis for pre-2003 references; Bolton, 2003: 267 (genus diagnosis, checklist); Cantone, 2017: 174 (brief male diagnosis)
Citations
- Bolton, B. 2003. Synopsis and classification of Formicidae. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute 71:1-370. PDF
- Brown, W. L., Jr. 1973b. A comparison of the Hylean and Congo-West African rain forest ant faunas. Pp. 161-185 in: Meggers, B. J.; Ayensu, E. S.; Duckworth, W. D. (eds.) 1973. Tropical forest ecosystems in Africa and South America: a comparative review. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, viii + 350 pp. PDF
- Cantone, S. 2017. Winged ants – The male. Dichotomous key to genera of winged male ants in the world. Behavioral ecology of mating flight. São Paulo: Autopubblicato, 318 pp. PDF
- Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183:1-302. PDF
Extant: 14 valid species, 4 valid subspecies
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