See Also:
Tapinoma erraticum_cf,
Tapinoma erraticum platyops
Taxonomic History (provided by Barry Bolton, 2021)
Extant: 1 valid subspecies
Taxonomic history
Status as species:
Latreille, 1802a PDF: 182;
Schenck, 1852 PDF: 67;
Smith, 1855a PDF: 111;
Mayr, 1855 PDF: 373 (redescription);
Nylander, 1856b PDF: 71;
Gredler, 1858 PDF: 16;
Smith, 1858a PDF: 55;
Mayr, 1861 PDF: 41 (in key);
Smith, 1861a PDF: 34;
Roger, 1863b PDF: 13;
Mayr, 1863a PDF: 455;
Mayr, 1865 PDF: 62;
Smith, 1871c: 2;
Dours, 1873 PDF: 166;
Forel, 1874 PDF: 60 (in key);
André, 1874b (in key);
Mayr, 1877a: 11;
Emery, 1878a PDF: ix (in list);
Emery, 1878: 49;
Emery & Forel, 1879 PDF: 454;
Mayr, 1880 PDF: 30;
Saunders, 1880 PDF: 210;
André, 1881c PDF: 63;
André, 1882c PDF: 222 (in key);
White, 1884 PDF: 256;
Forel, 1886e PDF: clxvii;
Forel, 1889 PDF: 256;
Nasonov, 1889: 26;
Forel, 1890b PDF: lxviii;
Saunders, 1890 PDF: 203;
Emery, 1891c: 15;
Forel, 1892j PDF: 308;
Lameere, 1892: 65;
Dalla Torre, 1893 PDF: 164;
Medina, 1893 PDF: 105;
Forel, 1894d PDF: 13;
Forel, 1895e PDF: 227;
Saunders, 1896 PDF: 27;
Ruzsky, 1902d PDF: 19;
Ruzsky, 1903b PDF: 308;
Ruzsky, 1905b: 473;
Forel, 1906c PDF: 189;
Wasmann, 1906 PDF: 115 (in key);
Forel, 1907h PDF: 15;
Forel, 1909c PDF: 104;
Forel, 1910a PDF: 13;
Bondroit, 1910 PDF: 489;
Karavaiev, 1911a PDF: 46;
Karavaiev, 1911b PDF: 9;
Forel, 1911f PDF: 350;
Karavaiev, 1912a PDF: 15;
Krausse, 1912c PDF: 165;
Emery, 1913a PDF: 40;
Stitz, 1914 PDF: 78;
Forel, 1915d: 43 (in key);
Donisthorpe, 1915f: 179;
Emery, 1916a PDF: 215;
Karavaiev, 1916a PDF: 498;
Wheeler & Mann, 1916 PDF: 172;
Escherich, 1917: 329;
Bondroit, 1918 PDF: 89;
Santschi, 1919e PDF: 246;
Menozzi, 1921 PDF: 32;
Santschi, 1921a PDF: 114;
Soudek, 1922b PDF: 59;
Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1923b PDF: 250;
Müller, 1923b PDF: 111;
Finzi, 1923a PDF: 4;
Lomnicki, 1925b PDF: 2;
Emery, 1925b PDF: 53 (redescription);
Stärcke, 1926a PDF: 117 (in key);
Wheeler, 1926a PDF: 4;
Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1927d PDF: 34;
Donisthorpe, 1927c: 200;
Lomnicki, 1928 PDF: 6;
Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1929b PDF: 42;
Finzi, 1930d PDF: 315;
Karavaiev, 1930b PDF: 147;
Cori & Finzi, 1931 PDF: 240;
Soudek, 1931 PDF: 11;
Gösswald, 1932 PDF: 65;
Santschi, 1932e PDF: 71;
Arnol'di, 1933a: 601 (in key);
Grandi, 1935 PDF: 102;
Zimmermann, 1935 PDF: 43;
Karavaiev, 1936: 169;
Novák & Sadil, 1941 PDF: 96 (in key);
Holgersen, 1943c PDF: 166 (in key); Kratochvíl, in
Kratochvíl et al., 1944 PDF: 79 (in key);
Van Boven, 1947b PDF: 180 (in key);
Arnol'di, 1948a PDF: 212 (in list);
Donisthorpe, 1950e PDF: 1062;
Consani & Zangheri, 1952 PDF: 42;
Ceballos, 1956: 309;
Bernard, 1956b PDF: 259;
Baroni Urbani, 1964a PDF: 6;
Baroni Urbani, 1964b PDF: 55;
Baroni Urbani, 1964c PDF: 159;
Bernard, 1967a PDF: 257 (redescription);
Baroni Urbani, 1968e PDF: 475;
Kutter, 1968b PDF: 60;
Collingwood & Yarrow, 1969 PDF: 76;
Baroni Urbani, 1971c PDF: 159;
Collingwood, 1971 PDF: 163;
Baroni Urbani, 1974a PDF: 236;
Bolton & Collingwood, 1975: 7 (in key);
Pisarski, 1975: 28;
Tarbinsky, 1976 PDF: 123 (redescription);
Aktaç, 1977 PDF: 124;
Van Boven, 1977 PDF: 125;
Kutter, 1977c: 181;
Arnol'di & Dlussky, 1978: 547 (in key);
Collingwood, 1978 PDF: 87 (in key);
Collingwood, 1979 PDF: 35;
Barquín, 1981: 357;
Schembri & Collingwood, 1981 PDF: 421;
Seifert, 1984a PDF: 151;
Agosti & Collingwood, 1987a PDF: 57;
Agosti & Collingwood, 1987b PDF: 279 (in key);
Kugler, 1988: 258;
Dlussky et al., 1990 PDF: 169;
Le Moli & Rosi, 1991: 34;
Atanassov & Dlussky, 1992: 192;
Hohmann et al., 1993: 159;
Shattuck, 1994 PDF: 143;
Arakelian, 1994 PDF: 73;
Bolton, 1995b: 400;
Poldi et al., 1995: 6;
Espadaler, 1997g PDF: 27;
Collingwood & Prince, 1998: 20 (in key);
Gallé et al., 1998: 216;
Czechowski et al., 2002 PDF: 14;
Markó & Csosz, 2002 PDF: 117;
Karaman & Karaman, 2003 PDF: 46;
Karaman & Karaman, 2005 PDF: 56;
Bračko, 2006 PDF: 144;
Markó et al., 2006 PDF: 66;
Petrov, 2006 PDF: 103 (in key);
Schultz et al., 2006 PDF: 203;
Bračko, 2007 PDF: 19;
Radchenko, 2007 PDF: 38;
Seifert, 2007: 256;
Werner & Wiezik, 2007 PDF: 142;
Gratiashvili & Barjadze, 2008 PDF: 130;
Paknia et al., 2008 PDF: 155;
Casevitz-Weulersse & Galkowski, 2009 PDF: 478;
Lapeva-Gjonova et al., 2010 PDF: 32;
Boer, 2010: 16;
Csosz et al., 2011 PDF: 58;
Karaman, 2011b PDF: 64;
Legakis, 2011 PDF: 23;
Borowiec & Salata, 2012 PDF: 537;
Czechowski et al., 2012: 66;
Kiran & Karaman, 2012 PDF: 4;
Seifert, 2012a PDF: 144;
Berville et al., 2013 PDF: 78;
Borowiec, 2014 PDF: 167 (see note in bibliography);
Bračko et al., 2014 PDF: 17;
Lebas et al., 2016: 116;
Radchenko, 2016: 88;
Salata & Borowiec, 2018c 10.5281/zenodo.2199191 PDF: 48;
Seifert, 2018: 242;
Khalili-Moghadam et al., 2019 10.2478/pjen-2019-0013 PDF: 165.
Senior synonym of
Tapinoma caerulescens:
Mayr, 1863a PDF: 455;
Mayr, 1865 PDF: 62;
Forel, 1874 PDF: 99 (in list);
Emery & Forel, 1879 PDF: 454;
Dalla Torre, 1893 PDF: 164;
Emery, 1913a PDF: 40;
Donisthorpe, 1915f: 179;
Donisthorpe, 1927c: 200;
Shattuck, 1994 PDF: 143;
Bolton, 1995b: 400;
Radchenko, 2016: 88.
Senior synonym of
Tapinoma collina:
Schenck, 1852 PDF: 67;
Smith, 1855a PDF: 111;
Mayr, 1855 PDF: 373;
Nylander, 1856b PDF: 71;
Smith, 1858a PDF: 55;
Mayr, 1863a PDF: 455;
Roger, 1863b PDF: 13;
Mayr, 1865 PDF: 62;
André, 1874c: 202 (in list);
Forel, 1874 PDF: 99 (in list);
Emery & Forel, 1879 PDF: 454;
Dalla Torre, 1893 PDF: 164;
Ruzsky, 1905b: 473;
Emery, 1913a PDF: 40;
Forel, 1915d: 43 (in key);
Donisthorpe, 1915f: 179;
Emery, 1925b PDF: 53;
Donisthorpe, 1927c: 200;
Pisarski, 1975: 28;
Tarbinsky, 1976 PDF: 123;
Shattuck, 1994 PDF: 143;
Bolton, 1995b: 400;
Czechowski et al., 2002 PDF: 14;
Czechowski et al., 2012: 66;
Radchenko, 2016: 88.
Senior synonym of
Tapinoma glabrella:
Smith, 1855a PDF: 111;
Mayr, 1855 PDF: 373;
Nylander, 1856b PDF: 71;
Smith, 1858a PDF: 55;
Mayr, 1863a PDF: 455;
Roger, 1863b PDF: 13;
Mayr, 1865 PDF: 62;
Dours, 1873 PDF: 166;
André, 1874c: 202 (in list);
Forel, 1874 PDF: 99 (in list);
Emery & Forel, 1879 PDF: 454;
Dalla Torre, 1893 PDF: 164;
Ruzsky, 1905b: 473;
Emery, 1913a PDF: 40;
Forel, 1915d: 43 (in key);
Donisthorpe, 1915f: 179;
Donisthorpe, 1927c: 200;
Tarbinsky, 1976 PDF: 123;
Shattuck, 1994 PDF: 143;
Bolton, 1995b: 400;
Radchenko, 2007 PDF: 38;
Radchenko, 2016: 88.
// Distribution
Distribution:
Geographic regions (According to curated Geolocale/Taxon lists)
: Africa: Morocco Asia: Azerbaijan,
Kazakhstan,
Uzbekistan Europe: Belgium,
Bulgaria,
Croatia,
Czech Republic,
France,
Germany,
Greece,
Italy,
Russia,
Spain,
Switzerland,
Ukraine,
United Kingdom Biogeographic regions (According to curated Bioregion/Taxon lists)
: Palearctic
Distribution Notes:
Throughout SLO
Biology:
Mostly dry open habitats
Notes:
(Dutch vernacular name: mergeldraaigatje)
Taxonomic Treatment (provided by Plazi)
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Tapinoma erraticum |
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Paknia, O., Radchenko, A. & Alipanah, H., 2008, A preliminary checklist of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Iran., Myrmecologische Nachrichten 11, pp. 151-159: 155, (download) |
155 |
21820
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Tapinoma erraticum |
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Forel, A., 1904, Note sur les fourmis du Musée Zoologique de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences à St. Pétersbourg., Yezhegodnik Zoologicheskogo Muzeya Imperatorskoi Akademii Nauk 8, pp. 368-388: 9, (download) |
9 |
3994
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Tapinoma erraticum |
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Forel, A., 1910, Glanures myrmecologiques., Annales de la Societe Entomologique de Belgique 54, pp. 6-32: 3-4, (download) |
3-4 |
4022
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Tapinoma erraticum |
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Forel, A., 1890, Fourmis de Tunisie et de l'Algérie orientale., Annales de la Societe Entomologique de Belgique, Comptes-rendus des Seances 34, pp. 61-76: 68, (download) |
68 |
3926
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Collingwood, C. A., 1979, The Formicidae (Hymenoptera) of Fennoscandia and Denmark., Fauna Entomologica Scandinavica 8, pp. 1-174: 35-36, (download) |
35-36 |
6175
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Forel, A., 1910, Glanures myrmecologiques., Annales de la Societe Entomologique de Belgique 54, pp. 6-32: 8, (download) |
8 |
4022
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Specimen Habitat Summary
Found most commonly in these habitats: 154 times found in Unknown, 34 times found in Rocks (rocky-calcareous grasslands), 6 times found in dry grassland, 5 times found in heathlands, 3 times found in oak forest, 3 times found in Meadow, 3 times found in Ruderal, 3 times found in deciduous forest, 3 times found in pine forest and roadsides, 2 times found in Pinus sylvaticus, Crataegusmonogyna,malus sylvestris, Populus tremula, Prunus avium, ...
Found most commonly in these microhabitats: 18 times under stone, 9 times Foraging, 7 times on rocks, 6 times Nest under stone, 5 times ground foragers, 4 times on the ground, 4 times nbp, 3 times on ground, 2 times ground nest, 2 times road side, 2 times on path, ...
Collected most commonly using these methods: 39 times Pitfall trap, 33 times Manual catch, 33 times search, 30 times Hand, 2 times pitfall.
Elevations: collected from 2 - 1700 meters, 576 meters average
Collect Date Range: collected between 1867-06-10 and 2020-08-14
Type specimens: Lectotype of Tapinoma erraticum bononiensis: antweb1041292; Lectotype of Tapinoma tauridis: antweb1038038; neotype of Tapinoma erraticum: antweb1008468; syntype of Tapinoma erraticum: antweb1008478; syntype of Tapinoma nigerrimoerraticum: casent0909763; syntype of Tapinoma tauridis transcaucasica: casent0917136, casent0917137; syntype of Tapinoma breve: casent0904020; syntype of Tapinoma erraticum bononiensis: casent0904022; syntype of Tapinoma tauridis: casent0904021; type of Tapinoma erraticum: casent0903076
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