Tapinoma

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.

Species

• Tapinoma acuminatum Forel, 1907
• Tapinoma amazone Wheeler, 1934
• Tapinoma ambiguum Emery, 1925
• Tapinoma andamanense Forel, 1903
• Tapinoma annandalei (Wheeler, 1928)
• Tapinoma antarcticum Forel, 1904
• Tapinoma arnoldi Forel, 1913
• Tapinoma atriceps Emery, 1888
• Tapinoma carininotum Weber, 1943
• Tapinoma chiaromontei Menozzi, 1930
• Tapinoma christophi Emery, 1925
• Tapinoma danitschi Forel, 1915
• Tapinoma demissum Bolton, 1995
• Tapinoma emeryanum Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1927
• Tapinoma epinotale Karavaiev, 1935
• Tapinoma erraticum (Latreille, 1798)
• Tapinoma flavidum Andre, 1892
• Tapinoma fragile Smith, 1876
• Tapinoma funiculare Santschi, 1928
• Tapinoma geei Wheeler, 1927
• Tapinoma gibbosum Stitz, 1933
• Tapinoma glaucum (Viehmeyer, 1916)
• Tapinoma heyeri Forel, 1902
• Tapinoma indicum Forel, 1895
• Tapinoma israele Forel, 1904
• Tapinoma karavaievi Emery, 1925
• Tapinoma kinburni Karavaiev, 1937
• Tapinoma litorale Wheeler, 1905
• Tapinoma luffae (Kurian, 1955)
• Tapinoma lugubre Santschi, 1917
• Tapinoma luridum Emery, 1908
• Tapinoma luteum (Emery, 1895)
• Tapinoma melanocephalum (Fabricius, 1793)
• Tapinoma menozzii Donisthorpe, 1936
• 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 opacum Wheeler & Mann, 1914
• Tapinoma orthocephalum Stitz, 1934
• Tapinoma pallipes Smith, 1876
• 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 rottnestense Wheeler, 1934
• Tapinoma schultzei (Forel, 1910)
• Tapinoma sessile (Say, 1836) — odorous house ant
• Tapinoma silvestrii Wheeler, 1928
• Tapinoma simrothi Krausse, 1911
• Tapinoma sinense Emery, 1925
• Tapinoma subtile Santschi, 1911
• Tapinoma troche Wilson, 1985
• Tapinoma vexatum Santschi, 1919
• Tapinoma wheeleri (Mann, 1935)
• Tapinoma williamsi (Wheeler, 1935)
• Tapinoma wroughtonii Forel, 1904

References

• Hymenoptera Name Server, website (version 0.021)
• Tapio[1]