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Extant: 3 valid subspecies

Tapinoma minutum Mayr, 1862 PDF: 703 (w.) AUSTRALIA (New South Wales). Australasia. Primary type information: Sidney (Novara) AntCat AntWiki HOL

Taxonomic history

Wheeler, 1909a PDF: 27 (q.).Combination in Tapinoma (Micromyrma): Santschi, 1928e PDF: 472.Status as species: Roger, 1863b PDF: 14; Mayr, 1863a PDF: 455; Mayr, 1865 PDF: 62 (redescription); Mayr, 1876 PDF: 83; Dalla Torre, 1893 PDF: 166; Emery, 1897: 573; Forel, 1907d PDF: 29; Forel, 1907j PDF: 286; Wheeler, 1909a PDF: 27; Emery, 1913a PDF: 41; Forel, 1915b PDF: 83; Crawley, 1915b: 236; Donisthorpe, 1915f: 343; Stärcke, 1926a PDF: 118 (in key); Donisthorpe, 1927c: 395; Wilson & Taylor, 1967b PDF: 82; Taylor, 1967b PDF: 1094; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 106; Taylor, 1987a PDF: 77; Dlussky, 1994a: 55; Shattuck, 1994 PDF: 149; Bolton, 1995b: 401; Wetterer, 2002 PDF: 128; Wetterer & Vargo, 2003 PDF: 416; Wetterer, 2006 PDF: 415; Clouse, 2007b PDF: 207; Sarnat & Economo, 2012 PDF: 38; Sarnat et al., 2013 PDF: 69; Ramage, 2014 PDF: 155.Material of the unavailable name Tapinoma minutum atomum fullawayi referred here by Wilson & Taylor, 1967b PDF: 82; Shattuck, 1994 PDF: 149.
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Diagnostic Description

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[[ worker ]] Laenge: 1.5 - 1.7 mm. Braun, Stirn, - Scheitel und Hinterleib dunkelbraun, Mandibeln, Geissel, Gelenke der Beine, Tarsen und oefters die Schienen braeunlich gelb. Die abstehende Behaarung fehlt, die Pubescenz ziemlich reichlich. Mandibeln ziemlich grob weitlaeufig punctirt. Clypeus vorne nicht ausgeschnitten. Kopf und Thorax aeusserst fein runzlig punctirt. Thorax schwach eingeschnuert. Stielehen klein, vorne oben mit einer bogigen Querleiste. Hinterleib sehr fein und undeutlich quergerunzelt.

Sidney (Novara).

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Mayr, G., 1862, Myrmecologische Studien., Verhandlungen der Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien, pp. 649-776, vol. 12
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Tapinoma minutum

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Tapinoma minutum is a species of ant in the genus Tapinoma. Described by Gustav Mayr in 1862, the species is endemic to Australia and surrounding countries.[1]

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  1. ^ Wheeler, W. M. 1909a. A small collection of ants from Victoria, Australia. J. N. Y. Entomol. Soc. 17: 25-29 (page 27, queen described)
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Tapinoma minutum: Brief Summary

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Tapinoma minutum is a species of ant in the genus Tapinoma. Described by Gustav Mayr in 1862, the species is endemic to Australia and surrounding countries.

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