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Tapinoma onaele sp. nov. from the Kodagu region of the Western Ghats, India, is
described as the fourth species in the Tapinoma lugubre species group. This species is morphologically close to Tapinoma himalaicum Bharti et al., 2013, as both have long scapes and deep and concave anteromedial clypeal margins. However, it differs from T. himalaicum in...
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... et al. 2020). The workers were skittish and avoided the larger Crematogaster spp. nesting nearby. Tapinoma onaele tended to scale insects (Hemiptera) on the leaves of nearby plants. Tapinoma onaele appears to be generalist in diet, feeding on sucrose solution provided as bait; workers carried seeds and dead mosquitoes (Diptera) inside the nest (Fig. 2). Hourly observation of the nest over a twenty-four-hour period suggests the workers to be nocturnal as they were active between 17:00 and 09:00 hours, and inactive at other times of the ...
