Tapinolepis simulans

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Tapinolepis simulans (Santschi, 1908) valid

Plagiolepis simulans Santschi, 1908: 531, fig. 11 (w.q.m.) TUNISIA. Palearctic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: syntype workers, syntype queen(s), syntype males (numbers not stated). Primary type locality: Tunisia: Dratamar, nr Kairouan, 1.ix.1907 (F. Santschi). Primary type depository: NHMB.

Combination in Plagiolepis (Anoplolepis): Santschi, 1914b: 123.
Combination in Anoplolepis (Anoplolepis): Emery, 1925d: 18.
Combination in Anoplolepis (Mesanoplolepis): Santschi, 1926a: 14.
Combination in Tapinolepis: Bolton, 2003: 268.
Status as species: Emery, 1925d: 18; Bolton, 1995b: 67; Bolton, 2003: 268; Borowiec, 2014: 166 (see note in bibliography).

Obsolete combinations

Current subspecies (nominal plus)

T. s. biskrensis (Karavaiev, 1931)

Citations

Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
Bolton, B. 2003. Synopsis and classification of Formicidae. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute 71:1-370. PDF
Borowiec, L. 2014. Catalogue of ants of Europe, the Mediterranean Basin and adjacent regions (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Genus (Wroclaw) 25 (1-2):1-340. PDF
Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183:1-302. PDF
Santschi, F. 1908. Nouvelles fourmis de l'Afrique du Nord (Égypte, Canaries, Tunisie). Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 77:517-534. PDF
Santschi, F. 1914b. Voyage de Ch. Alluaud et R. Jeannel en Afrique Orientale, 1911-1912. Résultats scientifiques. Insectes Hyménoptères. II. Formicidae. Paris: Libr. A. Schulz, pp. 41-148. PDF
Santschi, F. 1926a. Trois notes myrmécologiques. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 95:13-28. PDF

Extant: 1 valid subspecies

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