Tapinoma erraticum (Latreille)
  Type location France
(Formica erratica, Latreille, 1798: 44, all forms; junior
synonyms collina (Foerster, 1850a, worker & queen; synonymy
Schenck, 1852: 67) from Germany; glabrella (Nylander,
1849: 38, worker; synonymy F Smith, 1855a: 111) from Russia; caerulescens
(Losana, 1834: 314, illustrated, worker; synonymy Mayr, 1865: 62) from Italy;
breve (Emery, 1925d: 60, illustrated, worker) from Turkestan,
nigerrima (Formica nigerrima, Nylander,
1856b: 71, worker; and junior synonyms ibericum, Santschi,
1925g: 349, male, from Spain; and magnum, Mayr, 1861: 41, queen
& male,from Italy) from France, tauridis (Emery,
1925d: 59, illustrated, all forms) from Ukraine, and transcausica
(Karavaiev, 1927d: 337, worker & male) from Turkestan - all
synonymised by Dlussky, Soyunov & Zabelin, 1990: 169); bononiensis
(Emery, 1925d: 55, worker & queen; synonymy Atanassov &
Dlussky, 1992: 192) from Italy; ssp atomum (Latreille,
1798: 44, worker) from France, madeirense (Forel,
1895d: 231, worker) from Madeira I, and platyops
(Emery, 1925d: 56, illustrated, all forms) from Switzerland;
see Shattuck (1994: 143 [unavailable]).
Linnaeus' description is at  . André (1881-6: 222) gave a full
illustrated description of all forms, with notes; this is at  , with the illustrations on  .
Tapinoma erraticum was illustrated by Emery
(1916b).
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 Egypt
records - listed without details as variety nigerrima known
from Egypt by André (1881-6: 222); from Gebel Asfar, Abu-Rawash, Port
Said, Burg El-Arab, Marsa Matrouh, Al-Ayiat (Giza), Baharyia oasis,
Wadi Rishrash (Sharaf list).
Mohamad thesis (1979) had - Egypt,(Det.Crawley,1927)
(Coll.Alf.) Max (Alexandria), 21.iv.1952; Abu Manna, 8.iv.1954; Gebel
Asfar (Qaliobyia), 20.iii.1955; Abu Rawash, 4.iii.1957; Port Said,
21.iii.1975; Burg El-Arab (Alexandria), 26.iii.1975; Marsa Matrouh,
7.iv.1976; El-Aiyat (Giza), 2.vii.1976; Baharyia oasis (Western
desert), 19.i.1978 (Coll.Ain.) Idfina, ii.1933 (Coll.Min.)
Wadi Rishrash, 9.iii.1935 (Coll.Car.) Egypt, (Det.Crawley,1927) (Coll.Soc.)
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The
photomontage is of specimens from Iran, Miankaleh, xi.2004, collected by Omid Paknia. Other images can be seen in the folder at - 
The
photomontage is of specimens from Yugoslavia, sent to BT by
Armin Ionescu, Tel Aviv University. Other images can be seen in the folder at -