''Tapinoma kinburni'' is a species of

ant Ants are eusocial insects of the family Formicidae and, along with the related wasps and bees, belong to the order Hymenoptera. Ants evolved from vespoid wasp ancestors in the Cretaceous period. More than 13,800 of an estimated total of 22 ...

in the genus ''

Tapinoma ''Tapinoma'' (from Greek ''ταπείνωμα'' low position) is a genus of ants that belongs to the subfamily Dolichoderinae. The genus currently comprises 74 described species distributed worldwide in tropical and temperate regions. Members of ...

''. Described by Karavaiev in 1937, the species is endemic to

Ukraine Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. Ukraine covers approximately . Prior to the ongoing Russian inv ...

.Karavaiev, V. 1937. Ants collected in the nature reserves of Kinburnskaya Peninsula and Burkuty. Zb. ''Prats Zool. Muz.'' 19: 171-181 (page 174, figs. 3, 4 worker described)

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Tapinoma Hymenoptera of Europe Insects described in 1937 {{Tapinoma-stub