Tapinoma simrothi var. phoenicea Emery, 1925b: 50, fig. 3 (w.q.m.) CYPRUS, SYRIA, ISRAEL, GREECE (mainland and Rhodes I.). Palearctic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: lectotype worker (by designation of Seifert et al., 2024: 54). Primary type locality: lectotype Cyprus: "Cipro" (no further data) (Cecconi). Primary type depository: MSNG. Primary type specimen: CASENT0904017 (lectotype). Type notes: Original material included syntype workers, syntype queens, syntype males (numbers not stated). Original syntype localities: workers Cyprus: (no further data) (Cecconi), workers, queen(s) Syria: Damascus (G. de Kerville), workers Israel: Jaffa (= Tel Aviv-Yafo) (A. Forel), workers, males Greece: Rhodes (E. Festa), workers Greece: Mycenae (Toldt); deposited in MSNG.