Protonym: Tapinoma erraticum var. madeirense
| Authorship | Forel, 1895e: 231 |
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| Forms | w. |
| Bioregion | Afrotropic |
| Locality | PORTUGAL (Madeira I.) |
| Primary type information | Primary type material: lectotype queen (by designation of Wetterer et al., 2007: 24). Primary type locality: lectotype Portugal: Madeira, Ribeira Brava (P.E. Schmitz). Primary type depository: MHNG. |
| Secondary type information | Secondary type material: 16 paralectotype workers, 14 paralectotype queens. Secondary type locality: same as for lectotype. Secondary type depository: MHNG. |
| Type notes | 1) The original description does not mention queens. 2) Shattuck, 1994: 144, cites 43 worker syntypes in MCZC, MHNG, NHMB. 3) Seifert, 2012a: 140, cites 16 worker, 14 queen paralectotypes in MHNG. 4) Wetterer et al., 2007: 24, mention some paralectotypes from Curral (presumably Curral das Freiras (Camara de Lobos)), a locality not mentioned in the original description. |
Taxa belonging to this protonym
| Tapinoma erraticum madeirense | Subspecies |
Obsolete combination
an obsolete combination of Tapinoma madeirense Forel, 1895
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Original combination |
| Tapinoma madeirense | Species | Valid |