Tanipone varia

Taxonavigation

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

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

• 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]