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Tapinoma carininotum
| Tapinoma carininotum | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Dolichoderinae |
| Genus: | Tapinoma |
| Species: | T. carininotum |
| Binomial name | |
| Tapinoma carininotum Weber, 1943 | |
Ground nesting, in dead wood and in the soil. Fairly abundant on cocoa at the Cocoa Research Institute of Nigeria, Idi Ayunre, on up to 5% of trees in some blocks, but usually not so common. It can be positively associated with Crematogaster depressa and negatively associated with Pheidole megacephala. Tends aphids. Also found on native herbaceous vegetation, cashew, kola, oil palm and mango (Mangifera indica) orchards (Taylor et al., 2018).
Identification
Similar to Tapinoma lugubre (type CASENT0903070) but that appears to be rather darker brown with contrasting pale appendages (Taylor et al., 2018).
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: 16° to 4.066666667°.
| North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
- Source: AntMaps
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: Benin, Cameroun, Nigeria, Sudan (type locality).
Distribution based on AntMaps
Distribution based on AntWeb specimens
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Countries Occupied
| Number of countries occupied by this species based on AntWiki Regional Taxon Lists. In general, fewer countries occupied indicates a narrower range, while more countries indicates a more widespread species. |
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Estimated Abundance
| Relative abundance based on number of AntMaps records per species (this species within the purple bar). Fewer records (to the left) indicates a less abundant/encountered species while more records (to the right) indicates more abundant/encountered species. |
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Biology
Castes
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- carininotum. Tapinoma carininotum Weber, 1943c: 379, pl. 16, fig. 32 (w.) SUDAN.
Description
References
- Taylor, B., Agoinon, N., Sinzogan, A., Adandonon, A., Kouaguou, Y. N., Bello, S., Wargui, R., Anato, F., Ouagoussounon, I., Houngbo, H., Tchibozo, S., Todjihounde, R., Vayssieres, J.F. 2018. Records of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from the Republic of Benin, with particular reference to the mango farm ecosystem. Journal of Insect Biodiversity 8(1): 6-29 (doi:10.12976/jib/2018.08.1.2).
- Weber, N. A. 1943d. The ants of the Imatong Mountains, Anglo-Egyptian Sudan. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 93: 263-389 (page 379, pl. 16, fig. 32 worker described)
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Taylor B., N. Agoinon, A. Sinzogan, A. Adandonon, Y. N'Da Kouagou, S. Bello, R. Wargui, F. Anato, I. Ouagoussounon, H. Houngbo, S. Tchibozo, R. Todjhounde, and J. F. Vayssieres. 2018. Records of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from the Republic of Benin, with particular reference to the mango farm ecosystem. Journal of Insect Biodiversity 8(1): 006–029.
- Weber N. A. 1943. The ants of the Imatong Mountains, Anglo-Egyptian Sudan. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 93: 263-389.