''Tapinoma schreiberi'' 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 Hamm in 2010, the species is endemic to the

United States The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 states, a federal district, five major unincorporated territorie ...

.Hamm, C.A. 2010. Multivariate discrimination and description of a new species of ''Tapinoma'' from the western United States. ''Annals of the Entomological Society of America'' 103: 20-29 '
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Tapinoma Hymenoptera of North America Insects of the United States Insects described in 2010 {{Tapinoma-stub