Tapinoma connexum (Santschi) - new status

Type location Kenya (Tapinoma luridum st connexum, Santschi, 1914b: 118, illustrated, worker & male); worker & male only described (see Bolton, 1995) .

Santschi's (1914b) description is at .

The photomontage is of a specimen from Kenya, collected by David King, 26.v.2000. Further images can be seen in the folder at - .
These confirm my separation of this form as a distinct species, separated from Tapinoma luridum.