Taxonavigation

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Taxonavigation: Formicoidea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Cladus: Pancrustacea
Cladus: Allotriocarida
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Holometabola
Superordo: Hymenopterida
Ordo: Hymenoptera
Subordo: Apocrita
Superfamilia: Formicoidea

Familia: Formicidae
Subfamilia: Cerapachyinae
Tribus: Cerapachyini
Genus: Tanipone
Species: Tanipone varia

Name

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Tanipone varia Bolton & Fisher, 2012

Holotype: CASC BLF 6070(8), CASENT 0021184, worker.

Type locality: Madagascar; Prov. Toliara, Forêt Beroboka, 5.9 km 131° SE Ankidranoka, 22°14’S, 43°22’E, 80 m, 12-16.iii.2002, sifted litter, tropical dry forest.

Paratypes: CASC, 7 workers with same data as holotype, but coded: BLF 6070(9), CASENT 0021185; BLF 6070(21), CASENT 0021186; BLF 6070(22), CASENT 0021187; BLF 6070(23), CASENT 0021188; BLF 6070 (34), CASENT 0021189; BLF 6070($1–$2), CASENT 0021192..

References

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  • Bolton, B.; Fisher, B.L. 2012: Taxonomy of the cerapachyine ant genera Simopone Forel, Vicinopone gen. n. and Tanipone gen. n. (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Zootaxa, 3283: 1–101. [1]