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
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Hymenopterida
Ordo: Hymenoptera
Subordo: Apocrita
Superfamilia: Formicoidea

Familia: Formicidae
Subfamilia: Cerapachyinae
Tribus: Cerapachyini
Genus: Tanipone
Species: Tanipone zona

Name

Tanipone zona Bolton & Fisher, 2012

Holotype: CASC BLF 6169(50), CASENT 0020383, worker.

Type locality: Madagascar; Prov. Toliara, P.N. Tsimanampetsotsa, 6.7 km 130° SE Efoetse, 24°06’S, 43°46’E, 18-22.iii.2002, sifted litter, spiny forest/thicket.

Paratype: CASC, 7 workers with same data as holotype but coded 6160(10), CASENT 0020374; 6160(29), CASENT 0020377; 6160(31), CASENT 0020378; 6160(33), CASENT 0020379; 6160(37), CASENT 0020380; 6160(46), CASENT 0020382 (specimen fragmented); 6160($1–$2), CASENT 0020384.

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.
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