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The '''Erratic Ant''' '''''(Tapinoma erraticum)''''' is a species of ] ] first described in ] by ]. The '''erratic ant''' ('''''Tapinoma erraticum''''') is a species of ] ] first described in 1789 by ].<ref name="AW">{{cite web |url=http://www.antweb.org/description.do?genus=tapinoma&name=erraticum&rank=species&project=allantwebants |title=Species: ''Tapinoma erraticum'' |date= |website=antweb.org |publisher=] |accessdate=26 August 2013}}</ref>


This species ranges throughout Central Europe from the mountains of south ] to north ]. It is present in coastal areas of Southern ] and on the islands of ] and ] in ]. This species ranges throughout central Europe from the mountains of southern Italy to northern Germany. It is present in coastal areas of southern England and on the islands of ] and ] in Sweden.{{citation needed|date=January 2015}}


A very thermophilic species, ''T. erraticum'' is found principally on dry ], exposed to the sun. The workers are very agile, and are usually only seen when the sun is shining, and the species can easily e distinguished from superficially similar species (e.g. ] or ]) by its tendency to hold its gaster almost vertically when moving. ] commented: "When the sun is obscured these ants immediately disappear, and on cold and cloudy days very few specimens are to be found away from the nest." A thermophilic species, ''T. erraticum'' is found principally on dry ], exposed to the sun. The workers are very agile, and are usually only seen when the sun is shining, and the species can easily be distinguished from superficially similar species (e.g. '']'') by its tendency to hold its gaster almost vertically when moving. ] commented: "When the sun is obscured these ants immediately disappear, and on cold and cloudy days very few specimens are to be found away from the nest."{{citation needed|date=January 2015}}


Colonies are usually small, although larger colonies occasionally occur. Donisthorpe records having found a particularly large colony in ] on ], ] in which "the deälated females and workers in this nest being the largest I have ever seen". Colonies are usually small, although larger colonies occasionally occur. Donisthorpe records having found a particularly large colony in ] on July 29, 1913, in which "the ] females and workers in this nest being the largest I have ever seen".{{citation needed|date=January 2015}}


Colonies are ] and have been recorded to contain up to 40 deälated females. Nests are shallow and small ] often feature in nest structure to concentrate solar heat onto the ants' brood. Colonies are ] and have been recorded to contain up to 40 deälated females. Nests are shallow and small ] often feature in nest structure to concentrate solar heat onto the ants' brood.{{citation needed|date=January 2015}}


Nuptial flights take place in ], although they may be postponed during colder years to ]. ]s take place in June, although they may be postponed during colder years to July.{{citation needed|date=January 2015}}


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==External links==
See ] for an alphabetical compendium of worldwide ant genera.
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Species of ant
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Erratic ant
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Dolichoderinae
Genus: Tapinoma
Species: T. erraticum
Binomial name
Tapinoma erraticum
Latreille, 1789

The erratic ant (Tapinoma erraticum) is a species of dolichoderine ant first described in 1789 by Latreille.

This species ranges throughout central Europe from the mountains of southern Italy to northern Germany. It is present in coastal areas of southern England and on the islands of Gotland and Öland in Sweden.

A thermophilic species, T. erraticum is found principally on dry heathland, exposed to the sun. The workers are very agile, and are usually only seen when the sun is shining, and the species can easily be distinguished from superficially similar species (e.g. Lasius niger) by its tendency to hold its gaster almost vertically when moving. Horace Donisthorpe commented: "When the sun is obscured these ants immediately disappear, and on cold and cloudy days very few specimens are to be found away from the nest."

Colonies are usually small, although larger colonies occasionally occur. Donisthorpe records having found a particularly large colony in Weybridge on July 29, 1913, in which "the deälated females and workers in this nest being the largest I have ever seen".

Colonies are polygynous and have been recorded to contain up to 40 deälated females. Nests are shallow and small solaria often feature in nest structure to concentrate solar heat onto the ants' brood.

Nuptial flights take place in June, although they may be postponed during colder years to July.

References

  1. "Species: Tapinoma erraticum". antweb.org. AntWeb. Retrieved 26 August 2013.

External links

Media related to Tapinoma erraticum at Wikimedia Commons

Taxon identifiers
Tapinoma erraticum
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