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

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

Diversity
> 60 species

Tapinoma is a genus of ants that belongs to the ant subfamily Dolichoderinae. There are 63 described species.

The origin of the scientific name is interesting. Tapinoma is derived from the Finnish spirit god Tapio hence the common name ghost ant. Melanocephalum is derived from the two Greek words for black and head. Thus the black headed ghost ant.

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