A new species of the genusTapinoma Foerster, 1850 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from the Western Ghats, India

This dataset contains the digitized treatments in Plazi based on the original journal article Shakur, Mohammad Abdus, Mangaly, Paul, Baidya, Pronoy, Bagchi, Sumanta (2024): A new species of the genusTapinoma Foerster, 1850 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from the Western Ghats, India. Asian Myrmecology (e 017005) 17: 1-6, DOI: 10.20362/am.017005, URL: dx.doi.org/10.20362/am.017005 ABSTRACT. Tapinoma onaele sp. nov. from the Kodagu region of the Western Ghats, India, is described as the fourth species in the Tapinoma lugubre species group.

This species is morphologically close to Tapinoma himalaicum Bharti et al., 2013, as both have long scapes and deep and concave anteromedial clypeal margins. However, it differs from T. himalaicum in having a darker and brownish body, contrasting with a darker gaster, longer scapes, and the dorsal surface of the propodeum being convex and rising above the mesonotum. An identification key for workers of the Tapinoma lugubre species group is provided.