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Extant: 1 valid subspecies
Taxonomic history
Tapinoma simrothi KrausseHNS, 1911
Tapinoma simrothi KrausseHNS, 1911: Bull. Soc. Ent. Ital.41.T8.
Tapinoma erraticum BaroniHNS Urbani 1964: Atti. Accad. Gioenia Scienze Naturali Gatania (6):25-66.
World distribution: Sardinia & Egypt.
Distribution in Egypt: Lower Nile & Delta.
Material examined: Ebn Salam: 28.IV.1998 (2), 13.IV.1999 (3) (Ain Coll.).
Found most commonly in these habitats: 3 times found in isolated date farm, 1 times found in Rocky brush along wash, 1 times found in date farm, 2 times found in Pinus halepensis+pistacea lentiscus, 2 times found in Campo de labranza, 1 times found in salines, 1 times found in Desert area, 1 times found in seashore, 1 times found in Forest steppe, 1 times found in mediterranean meadow, ...
Found most commonly in these microhabitats: 3 times ground forager(s), 1 times soil, 1 times on low vegetation, 2 times nest mound, 1 times under stone, 1 times on ground, 1 times low vegetation, 1 times foraging on the ground, 1 times between saline plants.
Collected most commonly using these methods: 3 times water traps, 9 times Hand, 1 times light trap, 3 times search, 2 times by hand, 1 times Hand collected.
Elevations: collected from 3 - 2580 meters, 660 meters average
Collect Date Range: collected between 1974-05-13 and 2016-12-29
Type specimens:
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