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.
Species
Tanipone aglandula Bolton & Fisher, 2012 Tanipone aversa Bolton & Fisher, 2012 Tanipone cognata Bolton & Fisher, 2012 Tanipone hirsuta Bolton & Fisher, 2012 Tanipone maculata Bolton & Fisher, 2012 Tanipone pilosa Bolton & Fisher, 2012 Tanipone scelesta Bolton & Fisher, 2012 Tanipone subpilosa Bolton & Fisher, 2012 Tanipone varia Bolton & Fisher, 2012 Tanipone zona Bolton & Fisher, 2012
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