Tanipone is a Malagasy genus of ants in the subfamily Dorylinae.[2][3]

Tanipone
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Dorylinae
Genus: Tanipone
Bolton & Fisher, 2012
Type species
Tanipone hirsuta
Bolton & Fisher, 2012
Diversity[1]
10 species

Distribution

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Endemic to Madagascar, 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.[4]

Species

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References

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  1. ^ Bolton, B. (2014). "Tanipone". AntCat. Retrieved 5 July 2014.
  2. ^ Bolton & Fisher 2012, p. 75.
  3. ^ "Genus: Tanipone". antweb.org. AntWeb. Retrieved 21 September 2013.
  4. ^ Bolton & Fisher 2012, p. 5.