''Tapinoma opacum'' 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 Wheeler and Mann in 1914, the species is endemic to the

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and other areas in the

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.Wheeler, W. M. 1914c. Ants collected by W. M. Mann in the state of Hidalgo, Mexico. J. ''N. Y. Entomol. Soc.'' 22: 37-61 (page 43, worker, male described)

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Tapinoma Hymenoptera of North America Insects described in 1914 {{Tapinoma-stub