Protonym: Tapinoma yacoubi
Authorship Sharaf, 2022: 2, fig. 1A-D
Forms w.
Bioregion Afrotropic
Locality SAUDI ARABIA (Al Baha)
Etymology The patronym Tapinoma yacoubi honors Sir Magdi Yacoub, an Egyptian heart surgeon at the Imperial College London, United Kingdom.
Primary type information Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Saudi Arabia: Al Baha Province, Baljurashi Forest (19.8055°N, 41.7119°E), 1930 m, 21.ix.2011, Acacia/Juniper woodland (M.R. Sharaf). Primary type depository: KSMA.
Secondary type information Secondary type material: 1 paratype worker. Secondary type locality: same as for holotype except (B.L. Fisher). Secondary type depository: CASC. Secondary type specimen: CASENT0264244.
Taxa belonging to this protonym
Tapinoma yacoubi Species Valid Original combination