Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Formicidae Rank Genus | Phylum Arthropoda Order Hymenoptera Subfamily Dorylinae | |
Similar Acanthostichus, Aenictogiton, Leptanilloides, Cheliomyrmex, Nomamyrmex | ||
Tanipone is a Malagasy genus of ants in the subfamily Dorylinae.
Distribution
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.
References
Tanipone Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA