Tapinoma simrothi subsp. karavaievi Emery, 1925b: 52, fig. 5 (w.q.m.) TURKMENISTAN. Palearctic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: lectotype worker (by designation of Seifert et al., 2024: 55). Primary type locality: Turkmenistan: Imam Baba (Karavaiev). Primary type depository: MSNG. Secondary type information: Secondary type material: 9 paralectotype workers. Secondary type locality: same as for lectotype. Secondary type depository: MSNG. Type notes: The original description also lists syntype queens and syntype males (numbers not stated) and material from Turkmenistan: (no further data) (Kusnezov) and Turkmenistan: Astrabad (= Ashgabat) (Christoph).

Infrasubspecies

• T. s. k. transcaucasica Karavaiev, 1926