Tapinoma
Encyclopedia
Tapinoma is a genus
of ant
s 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.
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of ant
Ant
Ants are social insects of the family Formicidae and, along with the related wasps and bees, belong to the order Hymenoptera. Ants evolved from wasp-like ancestors in the mid-Cretaceous period between 110 and 130 million years ago and diversified after the rise of flowering plants. More than...
s that belongs to the ant subfamily Dolichoderinae
Dolichoderinae
Dolichoderinae is a subfamily of ants, which includes species such as the Argentine ant , the erratic ant, the odorous house ant, and the cone ant. This subfamily is distinguished by having a single petiole and a slit-like orifice, rather than the round acidopore encircled by hairs that typifies...
. 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 melanocephalumTapinoma melanocephalumTapinoma 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 . This colouring makes this tiny ant seem even smaller....
(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