Tapinoma litorale cubaense Wheeler, 1913 valid
Primary type information: Primary type material: syntype workers (number not stated, “several colonies”). Primary type localities: Cuba: Rio de Hanabana, i.-ii.1913 (W.M. Wheeler), Cuba: ca 15 mi. from Bolodron, i.-ii.1913 (W.M. Wheeler), Cuba: Cienaga de Zapata, i.-ii.1913 (W.M. Wheeler), Cuba: Aguada de Pasajeros, i.-ii.1913 (W.M. Wheeler), Cuba: Cayamas (E.A. Schwarz). Primary type depository: MCZC. Type notes: 1) Shattuck, 1994: 146, cites 21 worker, 1 queen, 2 male syntypes 2) Wheeler mentions only workers, but probably there were also queens and males in the colonies he sampled.
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