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Tapinoma
Tapinoma melanocephalum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Dolichoderinae
Tribe: Tapinomini
Genus: Tapinoma
Förster, 1850
Type species
Tapinoma collina
Species

T. erraticum
T. melanocephalum
T. sessile
  many more, see text

Diversity
> 70 species

Tapinoma (from Greek tapeinos low, humble + Neo-Latin -oma) is a genus of ants that belongs to the subfamily Dolichoderinae. The genus currently comprises 71 described species distributed worldwide in tropical and temperate regions. Members of are generalized foragers, nesting in a wide variety of habitats, ranging from grasslands, open fields, woodlands, to inside buildings. The majority of species nest in the ground under objects such as stones or tree logs, other species build nests under bark of logs and stumps, in plant cavities, insect galls or refuse piles.

Species

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (October 2013)

References

  1. "Genus: Tapinoma". antweb.org. AntWeb. Retrieved 11 October 2013.
  2. Attention: This template ({{cite doi}}) is deprecated. To cite the publication identified by doi:10.3897/zookeys.212.3325, please use {{cite journal}} (if it was published in a bona fide academic journal, otherwise {{cite report}} with |doi=10.3897/zookeys.212.3325 instead.

External links

  • Media related to Tapinoma at Wikimedia Commons


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