Treachery pigmentation pattern leads to misidentification: Tapinoma melanocephalum (Fabricius), Tapinoma pygmaeum (Dufour) and Tapinoma jandai sp. nov. (Hymenoptera, Formicidae)
Discrete color morphs of ants, in the case reported here morphs with whitish versus blackish gaster pigmentation, may be misinterpreted as different species. This became clear in a morphometric study including 91 worker individuals of Tapinoma jandai sp. nov., Tapinoma melanocephalum (Fabricius, 179...
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| Language: | German |
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Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung, Senckenberg Deutsches Entomologisches Institut
2025-07-01
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| Series: | Contributions to Entomology |
| Online Access: | https://contributions-to-entomology.arphahub.com/article/154879/download/pdf/ |
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