Tapinoma wilsoni

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: Dolichoderinae
Tribus: Tapinomini
Genus: Tapinoma
Species: Tapinoma wilsoni

Name

Tapinoma wilsoni Sharaf & Aldawood & El Hawagry 2012: 38 figs. 1–3

Holotype: Worker. 15.v.2011 (M. R. Sharaf Leg.); deposited in the King Saud Museum of Arthropods, College of Food and agriculture Sciences, King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

Type locality: Saudi Arabia, Al Baha, Al Sarawat Mountains, Dhi Ayn Archaeological Village, 19.92972° N, 41.44278° E, 741 m.

Paratype: Workers. 29 workers, same locality as holotype, deposited as follows: 1 in MHNG (Dr Bernhard Merz); 1 in NHMB (Mrs. Isabelle Zürcher-Pfander); 1 in CASC (Dr Brian Fisher); 1 in MCZC (Dr Stefan Cover); 2 in WMLC (Tony Hunter), 1 in BMNH (Mr. Barry Bolton); 1 in SEMC (Prof. Michael S. Engel) the remaining specimens in KSMA (M. R. Sharaf).

References

Primary references

Sharaf, M.R.; Aldawood, S.A.; ElHawagry, M.S. 2012. A new ant species of the genus Tapinoma (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from Saudi Arabia with a key to the Arabian species. ZooKeys, 212: 35–43. PDF.

Additional references

Abdel-Dayem, M.S., Al Dhafer, H.M., Aldawood, A.S., Sharaf, M.R. 2021. An update to the taxonomy and distribution of the Arabian Tapinoma Foerster, 1850 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) with an illustrated key and remarks on habitats. Biodiversity Data Journal. 9: e66058. DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.9.e66058 Reference page.