Current Valid Name:
Taxonomic History (provided by Barry Bolton, 2023)
Formica nigerrima Nylander, 1856b PDF: 71 (w.) FRANCE. Palearctic. Primary type information: Primary type material: neotype worker (by designation of
Seifert et al., 2017 PDF: 126). Primary type locality: neotype France: 43.6843°N, 3.8763°E, Prades-le-Lez – 1.5 SE, 88 m., 30.iv.2012 - K (
Kaufmann). Primary type depository: SMNG. Type notes: 1) Original type data: syntype workers (number not stated), France: nr Montpellier (no collector’s name). 2) No type material was found in the Nylander collection by
Radchenko, 2007 PDF. 3)
Seifert et al., 2017 PDF: 126, cite another 24 workers, 2 queens, 18 males from the same series as the neotype.
AntCat AntWiki HOL Taxonomic history
Junior synonym of
Tapinoma erraticum:
Mayr, 1861 PDF: 41 (in key);
Mayr, 1863a PDF: 455;
Roger, 1863b PDF: 13;
Mayr, 1865 PDF: 62;
Dours, 1873 PDF: 166;
André, 1874c: 202 (in list);
Baroni Urbani, 1964b PDF: 55;
Baroni Urbani, 1971c PDF: 159;
Dlussky et al., 1990 PDF: 169;
Atanassov & Dlussky, 1992: 192;
Arakelian, 1994 PDF: 73;
Bolton, 1995b: 401;
Gratiashvili & Barjadze, 2008 PDF: 130;
Legakis, 2011 PDF: 23.
Subspecies of
Tapinoma erraticum:
Emery, 1878: 49;
Emery & Forel, 1879 PDF: 454;
Emery, 1880 PDF: 391;
André, 1882c PDF: 223;
Forel, 1886e PDF: clxvii;
Nasonov, 1889: 27;
Emery, 1891c: 15;
Emery, 1893m PDF: 164 (footnote);
Medina, 1893 PDF: 105;
Forel, 1894d PDF: 13;
Forel, 1895e PDF: 227, 233;
Forel, 1902a PDF: 154;
Forel, 1904c PDF: 376;
Forel, 1904d PDF: 12;
Ruzsky, 1905b: 478;
Forel, 1907h PDF: 15;
Karavaiev, 1911a PDF: 41;
Forel, 1911f PDF: 350;
Krausse, 1912c PDF: 165;
Karavaiev, 1912a PDF: 15;
Emery, 1913a PDF: 40;
Emery, 1914c PDF: 158;
Emery, 1915f PDF: 1;
Emery, 1916a PDF: 215;
Wheeler & Mann, 1916 PDF: 172;
Emery, 1916a PDF: 215;
Stitz, 1917 PDF: 347;
Crawley, 1920a PDF: 166;
Menozzi, 1921 PDF: 32;
Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1923b PDF: 251;
Müller, 1923b PDF: 111;
Ruzsky, 1923: 3;
Emery, 1924a PDF: 8;
Emery, 1924c PDF: 170;
Finzi, 1924a PDF: 14;
Wheeler, 1926a PDF: 5;
Kutter, 1928: 66;
Ceballos, 1956: 310;
Tohmé & Tohmé, 2014 PDF: 137 (error).
Status as species:
Emery, 1869b PDF: 10;
Forel, 1876 PDF: 61;
Mayr, 1877a: 11;
Mayr, 1880 PDF: 30;
Costa, 1883: 60;
Emery, 1884: 377;
Forel, 1890b PDF: lxviii;
Dalla Torre, 1893 PDF: 166;
Ruzsky, 1902d PDF: 20;
Bondroit, 1918 PDF: 89;
Emery, 1925b PDF: 46 (redescription);
Donisthorpe, 1926b PDF: 17;
Donisthorpe, 1927a PDF: 7;
Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1927d PDF: 36;
Menozzi, 1927b PDF: 91;
Finzi, 1930b PDF: 16;
Finzi, 1930d PDF: 316;
Santschi, 1931a: 10;
Santschi, 1932e PDF: 70;
Santschi, 1932h PDF: 4;
Grandi, 1935 PDF: 102;
Zimmermann, 1935 PDF: 43;
Santschi, 1936c PDF: 205;
Santschi, 1939c PDF: 4;
Athias-Henriot, 1947 PDF: 249;
Consani & Zangheri, 1952 PDF: 42;
Weber, 1952c PDF: 18;
Baroni Urbani, 1964a PDF: 6;
Cagniant, 1964 PDF: 90;
Cagniant, 1966b PDF: 280;
Bernard, 1967a PDF: 258 (redescription);
Baroni Urbani, 1968e PDF: 476;
Cagniant, 1968a PDF: 145;
Collingwood & Yarrow, 1969 PDF: 76;
Cagniant, 1970c PDF: 28;
Hamann & Klemm, 1976 PDF: 673;
Kutter, 1977c: 181;
Collingwood, 1978 PDF: 87 (in key);
Schembri & Collingwood, 1981 PDF: 423;
Casevitz-Weulersse, 1990c PDF: 425;
Le Moli & Rosi, 1991: 34;
Shattuck, 1994 PDF: 150;
Poldi et al., 1995: 6;
Espadaler, 1997g PDF: 27;
Collingwood & Prince, 1998: 20 (in key);
Bračko, 2006 PDF: 144;
Cagniant, 2006 PDF: 194;
Casevitz-Weulersse & Galkowski, 2009 PDF: 478;
Karaman, 2011b PDF: 65;
Borowiec & Salata, 2012 PDF: 538;
Kiran & Karaman, 2012 PDF: 4;
Seifert, 2012a PDF: 145;
Berville et al., 2013 PDF: 79;
Borowiec, 2014 PDF: 168;
Bračko et al., 2014 PDF: 18;
Lebas et al., 2016: 118;
Seifert et al., 2017 PDF: 126.
// Distribution
Distribution:
Geographic regions (According to curated Geolocale/Taxon lists)
: Africa: Algeria,
Morocco Asia: Turkey Europe: Balearic Islands,
France,
Gibraltar,
Greece,
Italy,
Malta,
Montenegro,
Portugal,
Spain Biogeographic regions (According to curated Bioregion/Taxon lists)
: Palearctic
Distribution Notes:
Coastal CRO
Taxonomic Treatment (provided by Plazi)
Specimen Habitat Summary
Found most commonly in these habitats: 8 times found in Cultives, 8 times found in Ruderal, 1 times found in jaral, 4 times found in Urbano, 3 times found in Ruderal, Cultives, 3 times found in Pinar, 3 times found in Jardín, 3 times found in anthropogenic, 2 times found in Rural, 2 times found in Pinus halepensis+pistacea lentiscus, ...
Found most commonly in these microhabitats: 17 times Foraging, 3 times nest under stone, 4 times Nbp, 3 times Forrajeando, 3 times foraging on the ground, 3 times on ground, 2 times Forrajenado, 2 times Open nest in ground, 1 times monodomous colony, 1 times litter layer (-10-0 cm), 1 times leaf litter on river shore, ...
Collected most commonly using these methods: 61 times Hand, 10 times search, 1 times hand collection, 2 times pitfall.
Elevations: collected from 1 - 2250 meters, 707 meters average
Collect Date Range: collected between 1955-04-21 00:00:00.0 and 2017-09-04 00:00:00.0
Type specimens: Lectotype of Tapinoma magnum: casent0915547; neotype of Tapinoma nigerrimum: antweb1041293; Nontype: casent0745201, casent0745202, casent0745203, casent0745204, casent0745205; paralectotype of Tapinoma magnum: antweb1038036; syntype of Tapinoma nigerrimum ibericum: casent0911578; type of Tapinoma nigerrimum: antweb1008477
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