Tapinolepis melanaria
(Arnold, 1922)
valid
Plagiolepis (Anoplolepis) melanaria
Arnold, 1922:
599 (w.)
ZIMBABWE.
Afrotropic.
Primary type information:
Primary type material: syntype workers (number not stated). Primary type locality: Zimbabwe (“S Rhodesia”): Umgusa River, Sawmills (G. Arnold). Primary type depositories: BMNH, SAMC. Primary type specimen: CASENT0903107.
- Combination in Anoplolepis (Anoplolepis): Emery, 1925d: 18.
- Combination in Anoplolepis (Mesanoplolepis): Santschi, 1926a: 14.
- Combination in Tapinolepis: Bolton, 2003: 268.
- Status as species: Emery, 1925d: 18; Bolton, 1995b: 67; Bolton, 2003: 268.
Obsolete combinations
Current subspecies (nominal plus)
- T. m. ochraceotincta (Arnold, 1949)
Citations
- Arnold, G. 1922. A monograph of the Formicidae of South Africa. Part V. Myrmicinae. Annals of the South African Museum 14:579-674. PDF
- Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
- Bolton, B. 2003. Synopsis and classification of Formicidae. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute 71:1-370. PDF
- Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183:1-302. PDF
- Santschi, F. 1926a. Trois notes myrmécologiques. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 95:13-28. PDF
Extant: 1 valid subspecies
†fossil
valid
synonym
unidentifiable/excluded from Formicidae
homonym
unavailable/nomen nudum
obsolete combination
- All genera
- Incertae sedis
- Agroecomyrmecinae
- Amblyoponinae
- Aneuretinae
- Apomyrminae
- †Armaniinae
- †Brownimeciinae
- Dolichoderinae
- Dorylinae
- Ectatomminae
- †Formiciinae
- Formicinae
- †Haidomyrmecinae
- Leptanillinae
- Martialinae
- Myrmeciinae
- Myrmicinae
- Paraponerinae
- Ponerinae
- Proceratiinae
- Pseudomyrmecinae
- †Sphecomyrminae
- †Zigrasimeciinae