The Ants of Africa
Genus Tapinolepis
Tapinolepis (Mesanoplolepis) melanaria (Arnold)

Subgenus Mesanoplolepis

Tapinolepis (Mesanoplolepis) melanaria (Arnold)

return to key {link to the Hymenoptera Name Server} Type locality Zimbabwe (Plagiolepis (Anoplolepis) melanaria, Arnold, 1922: 599, worker; in Anoplolepis, Emery, 1925b: 18); subspecies ochraceotincta (Arnold, 1949: 268, worker) from Zimbabwe; worker only described; in subgenus Mesanoplolepis (Bolton, 1995) .

Arnold's (1922) description is at {original description}. His (1949) description of ochraceotincta is at {original description}.
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