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Tapinoma panamense

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Tapinoma panamense
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Dolichoderinae
Genus: Tapinoma
Species:
T. panamense
Binomial name
Tapinoma panamense
Wheeler, W.M., 1934
Synonyms
  • Tapinoma canalis Wheeler, W.M., 1942

Tapinoma panamense is a species of ant in the genus Tapinoma. Described by William Morton Wheeler in 1934, the species is endemic to Panama. These are known to be very small, at lengths of just 1-1.5 millimetres[1]

References

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  1. ^ Wheeler, W. M. 1934g. Neotropical ants collected by Dr. Elisabeth Skwarra and others. Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. 77: 157-240 (page 182, worker, queen, male described)