Tapinoma erraticum (Latreille)

Type location France (Formica erratica, Latreille, 1798: 44, all forms) - neotype images at http://www.antweb.org/specimenImages.do?code=antweb1008468
junior synonyms - all synonymised by Dlussky, Soyunov & Zabelin, 1990: 169)
collina (Tapinoma collina, Foerster, 1850a, worker & queen; synonymy Schenck, 1852: 67) from Germany - no images on Antweb (June 2015)
glabrella (Formica glabrella, Nylander, 1849: 38, worker; synonymy F Smith, 1855a: 111) from Russia - no images on Antweb (June 2015)
caerulescens (Formica caerulescens, Losana, 1834: 314, illustrated, worker; synonymy Mayr, 1865: 62) from Italy - no images on Antweb (June 2015)
breve (Tapinoma breve, Emery, 1925d: 60, illustrated, worker) from Turkestan - see http://www.antweb.org/specimenImages.do?name=casent0904020
nigerrima (Formica nigerrima, Nylander, 1856b: 71, worker; and junior synonyms ibericum, Santschi, 1925g: 349, male, from Spain; and magnum, Mayr, 1861: 41, queen & male from Italy) from France
tauridis (Emery, 1925d: 59, illustrated, all forms) from Ukraine - see http://www.antweb.org/specimenImages.do?name=casent0904021
transcaucasica (Tapinoma tauridis subsp. transcaucasica, Karavaiev, 1927d: 337, worker & male) from Turkestan - no images on Antweb (June 2015)
bononiensis (Emery, 1925d: 55, worker & queen; synonymy Atanassov & Dlussky, 1992: 192) from Italy - (yellow brown form see http://www.antweb.org/specimenImages.do?code=casent0904022
subspecies
atomum (Formica atomum, Latreille, 1798: 44, worker) from France - no images on Antweb (June 2015)
madeirense (Tapinoma erraticum var. madeirense, Forel, 1895d: 231, worker) from Madeira I - see (queen) http://www.antweb.org/specimenImages.do?code=casent0909760
platyops (Tapinoma erraticum var. platyops, Emery, 1925d: 56, illustrated, all forms) from Switzerland - see http://www.antweb.org/specimenImages.do?code=casent0904023
see Shattuck (1994: 143 [unavailable]).

Latreille's description is at . André (1881-6: 222) gave a full illustrated description of all forms, with notes; this is at , with the illustrations on .

Tapinoma erraticum was illustrated by Emery (1916b).

Egypt records - listed without details as variety nigerrima known from Egypt by André (1881-6: 222); from Gebel Asfar, Abu-Rawash, Port Said, Burg El-Arab, Marsa Matrouh, Al-Ayiat (Giza), Baharyia oasis, Wadi Rishrash (Sharaf list).

Mohamad thesis (1979) had - Egypt,(Det.Crawley,1927) (Coll.Alf.) Max (Alexandria), 21.iv.1952; Abu Manna, 8.iv.1954; Gebel Asfar (Qaliobyia), 20.iii.1955; Abu Rawash, 4.iii.1957; Port Said, 21.iii.1975; Burg El-Arab (Alexandria), 26.iii.1975; Marsa Matrouh, 7.iv.1976; El-Aiyat (Giza), 2.vii.1976; Baharyia oasis (Western desert), 19.i.1978 (Coll.Ain.) Idfina, ii.1933 (Coll.Min.) Wadi Rishrash, 9.iii.1935 (Coll.Car.) Egypt, (Det.Crawley,1927) (Coll.Soc.)

The photomontage is of workers from Yugoslavia, sent to BT by Armin Ionescu, Tel Aviv University

The photomontage is of specimens from Iran, ZMGU 1406; collected by Omid Paknia. Other specimens labelled ZMGU 1417 also were examined.