Tapinoma erraticum (Latreille)
Type location France (Formica erratica, Latreille,
1798: 44, all forms; junior synonyms collina (Foerster,
1850a, worker & queen; synonymy Schenck, 1852: 67) from Germany;
glabrella (Nylander, 1849: 38, worker; synonymy F Smith,
1855a: 111) from Russia; caerulescens (Losana,
1834: 314, illustrated, worker; synonymy Mayr, 1865: 62) from Italy;
breve (Emery, 1925d: 60, illustrated, worker) from Turkestan,
nigerrima (Formica nigerrima, Nylander, 1856b: 71,
worker; and junior synonyms ibericum, Santschi, 1925g:
349, male, from Spain; and magnum, Mayr, 1861: 41, queen &
male,from Italy) from France, tauridis (Emery,
1925d: 59, illustrated, all forms) from Ukraine, and transcausica
(Karavaiev, 1927d: 337, worker & male) from Turkestan
- all synonymised by Dlussky, Soyunov & Zabelin, 1990: 169);
bononiensis (Emery, 1925d: 55, worker & queen;
synonymy Atanassov & Dlussky, 1992: 192) from Italy;
ssp atomum (Latreille, 1798: 44, worker) from France,
madeirense (Forel, 1895d: 231, worker) from Madeira I,
and platyops (Emery, 1925d: 56, illustrated, all forms)
from Switzerland; see Shattuck (1994: 143 [unavailable]).
Linnaeus' description is at
(unavailable). André (1881-6: 222) gave a full illustrated
description of all forms, with notes; this is at
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with the illustrations on
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Tapinoma erraticum was illustrated by Emery (1916b).
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Egypt records - listed without details as variety nigerrima
known from Egypt by André (1881-6: 222); from Gebel Asfar,
Abu-Rawash, Port Said, Burg El-Arab, Marsa Matrouh, Al-Ayiat
(Giza), Baharyia oasis, Wadi Rishrash (Sharaf list).
Mohamad thesis (1979) had - Egypt,(Det.Crawley,1927) (Coll.Alf.)
Max (Alexandria), 21.iv.1952; Abu Manna, 8.iv.1954; Gebel Asfar
(Qaliobyia), 20.iii.1955; Abu Rawash, 4.iii.1957; Port Said,
21.iii.1975; Burg El-Arab (Alexandria), 26.iii.1975; Marsa
Matrouh, 7.iv.1976; El-Aiyat (Giza), 2.vii.1976; Baharyia oasis
(Western desert), 19.i.1978 (Coll.Ain.) Idfina, ii.1933 (Coll.Min.)
Wadi Rishrash, 9.iii.1935 (Coll.Car.) Egypt,
(Det.Crawley,1927) (Coll.Soc.) |
The
photomontage is of specimens from Yugoslavia, sent to BT
by Armin Ionescu, Tel Aviv University
The photomontage is of specimens from Iran, ZMGU 1406;
collected by Omid Paknia.