Tapinolepis longitarsis

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Tapinolepis longitarsis (Collingwood & Agosti, 1996) valid

Anoplolepis longitarsis Collingwood & Agosti, 1996: 362 (w.) SAUDI ARABIA, YEMEN. Afrotropic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Saudi Arabia: Suq al-Ahad, 26.iii.1983 (C.A. Collingwood). Primary type depository: WMLC. Secondary type information: Secondary type material: paratype workers (number not stated). Secondary type localities: Yemen: Bajil-Zabid, 15.iii.1993 (A. van Harten & C.A. Collingwood), Yemen: Bajil-Khamis Bani Sad, 16.iii.1993 (A. van Harten & C.A. Collingwood). Secondary type depository: WMLC.

[Misspelled as longitarsus by El-Hawagry et al., 2013: 66 (in list).]
Combination in Tapinolepis: Bolton, 2003: 268.
Status as species: Bolton, 2003: 268; Collingwood et al., 2011: 448; El-Hawagry et al., 2013: 66 (in list); Borowiec, 2014: 166.

Obsolete combinations

Anoplolepis longitarsis

Citations

Bolton, B. 2003. Synopsis and classification of Formicidae. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute 71:1-370. PDF
Borowiec, L. 2014. Catalogue of ants of Europe, the Mediterranean Basin and adjacent regions (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Genus (Wroclaw) 25 (1-2):1-340. PDF
Collingwood, C. A.; Agosti, D. 1996. Formicidae (Insecta: Hymenoptera) of Saudi Arabia (part 2). Fauna of Saudi Arabia 15:300-385. PDF
Collingwood, C. A.; Agosti, D.; Sharaf, M. R.; van Harten, A. 2011. Order Hymenoptera, family Formicidae. Arthropod Fauna of the UAE 4:405-474. PDF
El-Hawagry, M. S.; Khalil, M. W.; Sharaf, M. R.; Fadl, H. H.; Aldawood, A. S. 2013. A preliminary study on the insect fauna of Al-Baha Province, Saudi Arabia, with descriptions of two new species. ZooKeys 274:1-88. PDF

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