''Tanipone'' is a
Malagasy genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...
of
ant
Ants are eusocial insects of the family Formicidae and, along with the related wasps and bees, belong to the order Hymenoptera. Ants evolved from vespoid wasp ancestors in the Cretaceous period. More than 13,800 of an estimated total of 22 ...
s in the
subfamily
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Dorylinae
Dorylinae is an ant subfamily, with distributions in both the Old World and New World. Brady ''et al.'' (2014) synonymized the previous dorylomorph subfamilies (Aenictinae, Aenictogitoninae, Cerapachyinae, Ecitoninae, and Leptanilloidinae) under ...
.
Distribution
Endemic to
Madagascar
Madagascar (; mg, Madagasikara, ), officially the Republic of Madagascar ( mg, Repoblikan'i Madagasikara, links=no, ; french: République de Madagascar), is an island country in the Indian Ocean, approximately off the coast of East Africa ...
, species of ''Tanipone'' are predominantly terrestrial to subarboreal, being found as ground foragers in leaf litter, under stones, in rotten stumps and in rotten logs. Just as commonly workers have been captured on low vegetation, in living and dead stems above the ground and in rot pockets in tree trunks.
Species
* ''
Tanipone aglandula''
Bolton & Fisher, 2012
* ''
Tanipone aversa''
Bolton & Fisher, 2012
* ''
Tanipone cognata''
Bolton & Fisher, 2012
* ''
Tanipone hirsuta''
Bolton & Fisher, 2012
* ''
Tanipone maculata''
Bolton & Fisher, 2012
* ''
Tanipone pilosa''
Bolton & Fisher, 2012
* ''
Tanipone scelesta''
Bolton & Fisher, 2012
* ''
Tanipone subpilosa''
Bolton & Fisher, 2012
* ''
Tanipone varia''
Bolton & Fisher, 2012
* ''
Tanipone zona''
Bolton & Fisher, 2012
References
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Dorylinae
Ant genera
Hymenoptera of Africa
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