Tapinoma subtile

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Tapinoma subtile
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Dolichoderinae
Genus: Tapinoma
Species: T. subtile
Binomial name
Tapinoma subtile
Santschi, 1911

Tapinoma subtile casent0453991 profile 1.jpg

Tapinoma subtile casent0453991 dorsal 1.jpg

Specimen labels

Identification

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: -12.80467° to -20.37603°.

 
North
Temperate
North
Subtropical
Tropical South
Subtropical
South
Temperate

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Afrotropical Region: Comoros, Namibia.
Malagasy Region: Madagascar (type locality), Mayotte.

Distribution based on AntMaps

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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

Worker

Images from AntWeb

Tapinoma subtile casent0109862 head 1.jpgTapinoma subtile casent0109862 profile 1.jpgTapinoma subtile casent0109862 dorsal 1.jpgTapinoma subtile casent0109862 label 1.jpg
Worker. Specimen code casent0109862. Photographer April Nobile, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. Owned by CAS, San Francisco, CA, USA.
Tapinoma subtile casent0109864 head 1.jpgTapinoma subtile casent0109864 profile 1.jpgTapinoma subtile casent0109864 dorsal 1.jpgTapinoma subtile casent0109864 label 1.jpg
Worker. Specimen code casent0109864. Photographer April Nobile, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. Owned by CAS, San Francisco, CA, USA.
Tapinoma subtile casent0132840 head 1.jpgTapinoma subtile casent0132840 profile 1.jpgTapinoma subtile casent0132840 dorsal 1.jpgTapinoma subtile casent0132840 label 1.jpg
Worker. Specimen code casent0132840. Photographer Erin Prado, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. Owned by CAS, San Francisco, CA, USA.
Tapinoma subtile casent0135003 head 1.jpgTapinoma subtile casent0135003 profile 1.jpgTapinoma subtile casent0135003 dorsal 1.jpgTapinoma subtile casent0135003 label 1.jpg
Worker. Specimen code casent0135003. Photographer April Nobile, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. Owned by CAS, San Francisco, CA, USA.

Images from AntWeb

Tapinoma subtile casent0178200 head 1.jpgTapinoma subtile casent0178200 profile 1.jpgTapinoma subtile casent0178200 dorsal 1.jpgTapinoma subtile casent0178200 label 1.jpg
Worker. Specimen code casent0178200. Photographer Erin Prado, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. Owned by CAS, San Francisco, CA, USA.
Tapinoma subtile casent0453961 head 1.jpgTapinoma subtile casent0453961 profile 1.jpgTapinoma subtile casent0453961 dorsal 1.jpgTapinoma subtile casent0453961 label 1.jpg
Worker. Specimen code casent0453961. Photographer April Nobile, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. Owned by CAS, San Francisco, CA, USA.
Tapinoma subtile casent0101084 head 1.jpgTapinoma subtile casent0101084 profile 1.jpgTapinoma subtile casent0101084 dorsal 1.jpgTapinoma subtile casent0101084 label 1.jpg
Syntype of Tapinoma subtileWorker. Specimen code casent0101084. Photographer April Nobile, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. Owned by NHMB, Basel, Switzerland.

Images from AntWeb

Tapinoma subtile casent0101085 head 1.jpgTapinoma subtile casent0101085 profile 1.jpgTapinoma subtile casent0101085 dorsal 1.jpgTapinoma subtile casent0101085 label 1.jpg
Syntype of Tapinoma subtileWorker. Specimen code casent0101085. Photographer April Nobile, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. Owned by NHMB, Basel, Switzerland.
Tapinoma subtile casent0101083 head 1.jpgTapinoma subtile casent0101083 profile 1.jpgTapinoma subtile casent0101083 profile 2.jpgTapinoma subtile casent0101083 dorsal 1.jpgTapinoma subtile casent0101083 label 1.jpg
Syntype of Tapinoma subtileWorker. Specimen code casent0101083. Photographer April Nobile, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. Owned by NHMB, Basel, Switzerland.

Queen

Images from AntWeb

Tapinoma subtile casent0453994 head 1.jpgTapinoma subtile casent0453994 profile 1.jpgTapinoma subtile casent0453994 dorsal 1.jpgTapinoma subtile casent0453994 label 1.jpg
Queen (alate/dealate). Specimen code casent0453994. Photographer April Nobile, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. Owned by CAS, San Francisco, CA, USA.
Tapinoma subtile casent0134904 head 1.jpgTapinoma subtile casent0134904 profile 1.jpgTapinoma subtile casent0134904 dorsal 1.jpgTapinoma subtile casent0134904 label 1.jpg
Queen (alate/dealate). Specimen code casent0134904. Photographer Erin Prado, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. Owned by CAS, San Francisco, CA, USA.

Images from AntWeb

Tapinoma subtile casent0132810 head 1.jpgTapinoma subtile casent0132810 profile 1.jpgTapinoma subtile casent0132810 dorsal 1.jpgTapinoma subtile casent0132810 label 1.jpg
Queen (alate/dealate). Specimen code casent0132810. Photographer Erin Prado, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. Owned by CAS, San Francisco, CA, USA.

Male

Images from AntWeb

Tapinoma subtile casent0418239 head 1.jpgTapinoma subtile casent0418239 profile 1.jpgTapinoma subtile casent0418239 profile 2.jpgTapinoma subtile casent0418239 profile 3.jpgTapinoma subtile casent0418239 dorsal 1.jpgTapinoma subtile casent0418239 label 1.jpg
Male (alate). Specimen code casent0418239. Photographer April Nobile, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. Owned by CAS, San Francisco, CA, USA.

Images from AntWeb

Tapinoma subtile casent0136850 head 1.jpgTapinoma subtile casent0136850 profile 1.jpgTapinoma subtile casent0136850 profile 2.jpgTapinoma subtile casent0136850 profile 3.jpgTapinoma subtile casent0136850 dorsal 1.jpgTapinoma subtile casent0136850 label 1.jpg
Male (alate). Specimen code casent0136850. Photographer Erin Prado, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. Owned by CAS, San Francisco, CA, USA.
Tapinoma subtile casent0101081 head 1.jpgTapinoma subtile casent0101081 profile 1.jpgTapinoma subtile casent0101081 profile 2.jpgTapinoma subtile casent0101081 dorsal 1.jpgTapinoma subtile casent0101081 label 1.jpg
Syntype of Tapinoma subtileMale (alate). Specimen code casent0101081. Photographer April Nobile, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. Owned by NHMB, Basel, Switzerland.

Images from AntWeb

Tapinoma subtile casent0101082 head 1.jpgTapinoma subtile casent0101082 profile 1.jpgTapinoma subtile casent0101082 dorsal 1.jpgTapinoma subtile casent0101082 label 1.jpg
Syntype of Tapinoma subtileMale (alate). Specimen code casent0101082. Photographer April Nobile, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. Owned by NHMB, Basel, Switzerland.
Tapinoma subtile casent0065204 head 1.jpgTapinoma subtile casent0065204 profile 1.jpgTapinoma subtile casent0065204 profile 2.jpgTapinoma subtile casent0065204 dorsal 1.jpgTapinoma subtile casent0065204 label 1.jpg
Male (alate). Specimen code casent0065204. Photographer April Nobile, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. Owned by CAS, San Francisco, CA, USA.

Nomenclature

The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.

  • subtile. Tapinoma subtile Santschi, 1911e: 125 (w.m.) MADAGASCAR.

Description

References

  • Santschi, F. 1911e. Nouvelles fourmis de Madagascar. Rev. Suisse Zool. 19: 117-134 (page 125, worker, male described)
  • Shattuck, S. O. 1994. Taxonomic catalog of the ant subfamilies Aneuretinae and Dolichoderinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Univ. Calif. Publ. Entomol. 112:i-xix, 1-241. (see also)

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

  • Emery C. 1913. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Dolichoderinae. Genera Insectorum 137: 1-50.
  • Fisher B. L. 1997. Biogeography and ecology of the ant fauna of Madagascar (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Journal of Natural History 31: 269-302.
  • Fisher B. L. 2003. Formicidae, ants. Pp. 811-819 in: Goodman, S. M.; Benstead, J. P. (eds.) 2003. The natural history of Madagascar. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, xxi + 1709 pp.
  • Ravelomanana A., and B. L. Fisher. 2013. Diversity of ants in burned and unburned grassland , and dry deciduous forest in the Beanka Reserve, Melaky Region, western Madagascar. Malagasy Nature 7: 171-183.
  • Santschi F. 1928. Nouvelles fourmis d'Australie. Bulletin de la Société Vaudoise des Sciences Naturelles. 56: 465-483.