Protonym: Tapinoma luridum subsp. longiceps
Authorship Wheeler, 1922: 209
Forms w.
Bioregion Afrotropic
Locality DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO
Primary type information Primary type material: syntype workers (number not stated, “numerous specimens”). Primary type locality: Democratic Republic of the Congo (“Belgian Congo”): bank of Congo River, Zambi (H.O. Lang), Zambi (J. Bequaert). Primary type depositories: AMNH, LACM, MCZC, NHMB, USNM. Primary type specimens: LACMENT181857, CASENT0178239.
Type notes 1) Baroni Urbani, 1977e: 86, cites 3 worker syntypes in NHMB. 2) Shattuck, 1994: 147, cites 26 worker syntypes (5 AMNH, 5 LACM, 8 MCZC, 3 NHMB, 5 USNM).
Taxa belonging to this protonym
Tapinoma luridum longiceps Subspecies Valid Original combination