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: lectotype Turkmenistan (“Turkestan”): “Imam Baba” (no further data) (V. Karavaiev). Primary type depository: MSNG. Secondary type information: Secondary type material: 9 paralectotype workers. Secondary type locality: same as for lectotype. Secondary type depositories: MSNG, NHMB. Type notes: 1) Baroni Urbani, 1977e: 86, cites 3 worker, 2 queen syntypes in NHMB. 2) Seifert et al., 2024: 55, cite 10 worker syntypes in MSNG. 3) Other original syntype localities: Turkmenistan (“Turkestan”): (no further data) (N. Kusnezov), Turkmenistan: Astrabad (= Ashgabat) (Christoph).

Infrasubspecies

• T. s. k. transcaucasica Karavaiev, 1926