''Tapinoma'' (from

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genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...

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 ...

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subfamily In biological classification, a subfamily (Latin: ', plural ') is an auxiliary (intermediate) taxonomic rank, next below family but more inclusive than genus. Standard nomenclature rules end subfamily botanical names with "-oideae", and zoologi ...

Dolichoderinae Dolichoderinae is a subfamily of ants, which includes species such as the Argentine ant (''Linepithema humile''), the erratic ant, the odorous house ant, and the cone ant. The subfamily presents a great diversity of species throughout the world ...

. The genus currently comprises 74 described species distributed worldwide in

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. 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. Formicidae - Tapinoma species

Species

*'' Tapinoma aberrans'' (Santschi, 1911) *'' Tapinoma acuminatum'' Forel, 1907 *'' Tapinoma albinase'' (Forel, 1910) *'' Tapinoma albomaculatum'' (Karavaiev, 1926) *'' Tapinoma amazone'' Wheeler, 1934 *'' Tapinoma andamanense'' Forel, 1903 *'' Tapinoma annandalei'' (Wheeler, 1928) *'' Tapinoma antarcticum'' Forel, 1904 *'' Tapinoma arnoldi'' Forel, 1913 *'' Tapinoma atriceps'' Emery, 1888 *†'' Tapinoma baculum'' Zhang, 1989 *'' Tapinoma carininotum'' Weber, 1943 *'' Tapinoma chiaromontei'' Menozzi, 1930 *'' Tapinoma christophi'' Emery, 1925 *'' Tapinoma danitschi'' Forel, 1915 *'' Tapinoma demissum'' Bolton, 1995 *†'' Tapinoma electrinum'' Dlussky & Perkovsky, 2002 *'' Tapinoma emeryanum'' Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1927 *'' Tapinoma emeryi'' (Ashmead, 1905) *'' Tapinoma epinotale'' Karavaiev, 1935 *''

Tapinoma erraticum The erratic ant (''Tapinoma erraticum'') is a species of dolichoderine ant first described in 1789 by Latreille. This species ranges throughout Central Europe from the mountains of south Italy to north Germany. It is present in coastal areas o ...

'' (Latreille, 1798) *'' Tapinoma festae'' Emery, 1925 *'' Tapinoma flavidum'' André, 1892 *'' Tapinoma fragile'' Smith, 1876 *'' Tapinoma funiculare'' Santschi, 1928 *'' Tapinoma geei'' Wheeler, 1927 *'' Tapinoma gibbosum'' Stitz, 1933 *†'' Tapinoma glaesaria'' Perrichot, Salas-Gismondi & Antoine, 2019 (formerly ''T. aberrans'' Dlussky, 2002) *'' Tapinoma glaucum'' (Viehmeyer, 1916) *'' Tapinoma heyeri'' Forel, 1902 *'' Tapinoma himalaica'' Bharti, Kumar & Dubovikoff, 2013 *'' Tapinoma indicum'' Forel, 1895 *'' Tapinoma israele'' Forel, 1904 *'' Tapinoma karavaievi'' Emery, 1925 *'' Tapinoma kinburni'' Karavaiev, 1937 *'' Tapinoma krakatauae'' (Wheeler, 1924) *'' Tapinoma latifrons'' (Karavaiev, 1933) *'' Tapinoma litorale'' Wheeler, 1905 *'' Tapinoma luffae'' (Kurian, 1955) *'' Tapinoma lugubre'' Santschi, 1917 *'' Tapinoma luridum'' Emery, 1908 *'' Tapinoma luteum'' (Emery, 1895) *'' Tapinoma madeirense'' Forel, 1895 *''

Tapinoma melanocephalum ''Tapinoma melanocephalum'' is a species of ant that goes by the common name ghost ant. They are recognised by their dark head and pale or translucent legs and gaster (abdomen). This colouring makes this tiny ant seem even smaller. Descript ...

'' (Fabricius, 1793) *'' Tapinoma minimum'' Mayr, 1895 *'' Tapinoma minor'' Bernard, 1945 *†'' Tapinoma minutissimum'' Emery, 1891 *'' Tapinoma minutum'' Mayr, 1862 *'' Tapinoma modestum'' Santschi, 1932 *'' Tapinoma muelleri'' Karavaiev, 1926 *†'' Tapinoma neli'' Perrichot, Salas-Gismondi & Antoine, 2019 *'' Tapinoma nigerrimum'' (Nylander, 1856) *'' Tapinoma opacum'' Wheeler & Mann, 1914 *'' Tapinoma orthocephalum'' Stitz, 1934 *'' Tapinoma panamense'' Wheeler, 1934 *'' Tapinoma philippinense'' Donisthorpe, 1942 *'' Tapinoma pomone'' Donisthorpe, 1947 *'' Tapinoma pygmaeum'' (Dufour, 1857) *'' Tapinoma ramulorum'' Emery, 1896 *'' Tapinoma rasenum'' Smith & Lavigne, 1973 *'' Tapinoma rectinotum'' Wheeler, 1927 *'' Tapinoma sahohime'' Terayama, 2013 *'' Tapinoma schreiberi'' Hamm, 2010 *'' Tapinoma schultzei'' (Forel, 1910) *'' Tapinoma sessile'' (Say, 1836) *'' Tapinoma silvestrii'' Wheeler, 1928 *'' Tapinoma simrothi'' Krausse, 1911 *'' Tapinoma sinense'' Emery, 1925 *''

Tapinoma subboreale ''Tapinoma subboreale'' is a species of ant in the genus ''Tapinoma''. Described by Seifert in 2012, the species is endemic to Europe Europe is a large peninsula conventionally considered a continent in its own right because of its great ...

'' Seifert, 2012 *'' Tapinoma subtile'' Santschi, 1911 *†'' Tapinoma troche'' Wilson, 1985 *'' Tapinoma wheeleri'' (Mann, 1935) *'' Tapinoma williamsi'' (Wheeler, 1935) *'' Tapinoma wilsoni'' Sharaf & Aldawood, 2012 *'' Tapinoma wroughtonii'' Forel, 1904

References

External links

* {{Taxonbar, from=Q1157094 Dolichoderinae Ant genera