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The following species and subspecies belong to the genus Tapinoma. Synonyms are listed under their senior names. For valid names only see Tapinoma species and for distribution information see Tapinoma species by Country.

A

aberrans (Santschi, 1911) (Madagascar)
acuminatum Forel, 1907 (Kenya)
albinase (Forel, 1910) (South Africa)
albomaculatum (Karavaiev, 1926) (Indonesia, Sulawesi)
amazonae Wheeler, W.M., 1934 (Brazil)
andamanense Forel, 1903 (India)
andamanense capsincola Forel, 1911 (Indonesia, Singapore)
annandalei (Wheeler, W.M., 1928) (India, Sri Lanka)
arnoldi Forel, 1913 (Zimbabwe)
arnoldi tectum Santschi, 1917 (South Africa)
atriceps Emery, 1888 (Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay)

B

breviscapum Forel, 1908 (Brazil)

C

carininotum Weber, 1943 (Benin, Cameroun, Nigeria, Sudan)
chiaromontei Menozzi, 1930 (Somalia)
christophi Emery, 1925 (Lebanon, Russian Federation)

D

dabashanica Seifert, Kaufmann & Fraysse, 2024 (China)
danitschi Forel, 1915 (South Africa)
danitschi bevisi Forel, 1915 (South Africa)
darioi Seifert, DEustacchio, Kaufmann, Centorame & Modica, 2017 (Balearic Islands, France, Italy, Spain)
demissum Bolton, 1995 (United Republic of Tanzania, Zimbabwe)
• Tapinoma gracile Forel, 1913

E

emeryi (Ashmead, 1905) (Philippines)
epinotale Karavaiev, 1935 (Vietnam)
erraticum (Latreille, 1798) (Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Balearic Islands, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canary Islands, Channel Islands, Croatia, Czechia, France, Georgia, Germany, Gibraltar, Greece, Hungary, Iberian Peninsula, Iran, Israel, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Monaco, Montenegro, Netherlands, North Macedonia, Poland, Portugal, Republic of Moldova, Romania, Russian Federation, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkmenistan, Türkiye, Ukraine, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland)
   • Formica atomus Latreille, 1798
   • Formica caerulescens Losana, 1834
   • Tapinoma breve Emery, 1925
   • Tapinoma collina Foerster, 1850
   • Tapinoma erraticum bononiensis Emery, 1925
   • Tapinoma erraticum platyops Emery, 1925
   • Tapinoma tauridis Emery, 1925
   • Tapinoma tauridis transcaucasica Karavaiev, 1927

F

festae Emery, 1925 (Cyprus, Greece, Iran, Türkiye)
flavidum André, 1892 (Borneo, Indonesia, Malaysia)
fragile Smith, F., 1876 (Maldives, Mauritius)
funiculare Santschi, 1928 (Vietnam)

G

geei Wheeler, W.M., 1927 (China, Republic of Korea)
geei tinctum Wheeler, W.M., 1927 (China)
gibbosum Stitz, 1933 (Brazil)
glabrella Nylander, 1849 (Cyprus)
glaucum (Viehmeyer, 1916) (Brunei Darussalam, Singapore)

H

himalaicum Bharti, Kumar & Dubovikoff, 2013 (India)
hispanicum Seifert, Kaufmann & Fraysse, 2024 (Spain)

I

ibericum Santschi, 1925 (Portugal, Spain, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland)
incognitum Cover & Rabeling, 2024 (United States)
indicum Forel, 1895 (Borneo, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Vietnam)
indicum timidum Santschi, 1928 (Solomon Islands, Vanuatu)
inflatiscapus Cover & Rabeling, 2024 (United States)
insularis Seifert, Kaufmann & Fraysse, 2024 (Iran, Italy, Malta, Morocco, Tunisia)
israele Forel, 1904 (Algeria, Israel)

K

karavaievi Emery, 1925 (Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan)
• Tapinoma simrothi azerbeidzhanica Karavaiev, 1932

kinburni Karavaiev, 1937 (Russian Federation, Ukraine)
krakatauae (Wheeler, W.M., 1924) (Indonesia)

L

latifrons (Karavaiev, 1933) (Indonesia)
litorale Wheeler, W.M., 1905 (Bahamas, Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Guadeloupe, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Panama, Puerto Rico, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos Islands, United States, Venezuela)
litorale cubaense Wheeler, W.M., 1913 (Cuba, Greater Antilles)
lugubre Santschi, 1917 (Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Zimbabwe)
luridum Emery, 1908 (Benin, Democratic Republic of Congo, Gambia, Guinea)
luridum connexum Santschi, 1914 (Kenya)
luridum longiceps Wheeler, W.M., 1922 (Democratic Republic of Congo, Guinea)
luridum sokolovi Karavaiev, 1931 (Kenya)
luteum (Emery, 1895) (Gambia, Gambia, Kenya, Namibia, South Africa, Zimbabwe)
luteum natalicum Özdikmen, 2010 (South Africa)
• Technomyrmex luteus emeryi Forel, 1910

M

madeirense Forel, 1895 (Albania, Andorra, Austria, Balearic Islands, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czechia, France, Germany, Iberian Peninsula, Italy, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Montenegro, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Republic of Moldova, Slovakia, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland)
• Tapinoma erraticum ambiguum Emery, 1925

madeirense revolutionis Kratochvíl, 1944 (Ukraine)
magnum Mayr, 1861 (Algeria, Azerbaijan, Belgium, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Morocco, Netherlands, Spain, Tunisia)
melanocephalum (Fabricius, 1793) (Afghanistan, Anguilla, Australia, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Borneo, Brazil, Cambodia, Canada, Canary Islands, Cape Verde, Cayman Islands, China, Colombia, Comoros, Cook Islands, Costa Rica, Cuba, Czechia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Fiji, Finland, French Guiana, French Polynesia, Galapagos Islands, Gambia, Greater Antilles, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guam, Guatemala, Guinea, Guyana, Haiti, Hawaii, Honduras, Hungary, Iberian Peninsula, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Krakatau Islands, Laos, Lesser Antilles, Madagascar, Malaysia, Maldives, Mauritius, Mayotte, Mexico, Netherlands Antilles, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Nicobar Island, Nigeria, Niue, Norfolk Island, Oman, Pakistan, Paraguay, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Republic of Korea, Romania, Russian Federation, Réunion, Saint Helena, Samoa, Senegal, Seychelles, Singapore, Socotra Archipelago, Solomon Islands, Spain, Sri Lanka, Suriname, Thailand, Tokelau, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, United States, Vanuatu, Wallis and Futuna Islands, Yemen)
   • Formica familiaris Smith, F., 1860
   • Formica nana Jerdon Jerdon, 1851
   • Myrmica pellucida Smith, F., 1857
   • Neoclystopsenella luffae Kurian, 1955
   • Tapinoma melanocephalum australe Santschi, 1928
   • Tapinoma melanocephalum australis Santschi, 1928
   • Tapinoma melanocephalum coronatum Forel, 1908
   • Tapinoma melanocephalum malesianum Forel, 1913

minimum Mayr, 1895 (United Republic of Tanzania)
minutum Mayr, 1862 (Australia, Cook Islands, Fiji, Guam, New Guinea, Niue, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tokelau, Tonga, Wallis and Futuna Islands)
minutum broomense Forel, 1915 (Australia)
minutum cephalicum Santschi, 1928 (Australia)
minutum integrum Forel, 1902 (Australia)
modestum Santschi, 1932 (Benin, Gambia, Mali, Zimbabwe)
muelleri Karavaiev, 1926 (Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia)

N

nigerrimum Nylander, 1856 (Algeria, Balearic Islands, Belgium, France, Gibraltar, Italy, Malta, Montenegro, Morocco, Spain, Türkiye)

O

onaele Shakur, Mangaly, Baidya & Bagchi, 2024 (India)
opacum Wheeler, W.M. & Mann, 1914 (Dominican Republic, Greater Antilles, Haiti)
orthocephalum Stitz, 1934 (Mongolia)

P

panamense Wheeler, W.M., 1934 (Panama)
• Tapinoma canalis Wheeler, W.M., 1942

philippinense Donisthorpe, 1942 (Philippines)
phoeniceum Emery, 1925 (Cyprus, Iran, Israel)
pithecorum Seifert, 2022 (Christmas Island, Fiji, Germany, India, Malaysia, Oman, Pakistan)
pomone Donisthorpe, 1947 (Mauritius)
pulchellum Cover & Rabeling, 2024 (United States)
pygmaeum (Dufour, 1857) (France, Iberian Peninsula, Italy, Netherlands, Spain)
• Micromyrma dufouri Donisthorpe, 1943
• Tapinoma confusum Smith, M.R., 1951

R

ramulorum Emery, 1896 (Colombia, Costa Rica, Trinidad and Tobago)
ramulorum annellatum Wheeler, W.M., 1934 (Costa Rica)
ramulorum inrectum Forel, 1908 (Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Mexico, Panama)
ramulorum saga Forel, 1912 (Trinidad and Tobago)
ramulorum satullum Wheeler, W.M., 1934 (Mexico)
ramulorum toltecum Wheeler, W.M., 1934 (Mexico)
rasenum Smith, D.R. & Lavigne, 1973 (Dominican Republic, Greater Antilles, Puerto Rico)
rectinotum Wheeler, W.M., 1927 (China)

S

sahohime Terayama, 2013 (Japan)
schreiberi Hamm, 2010 (United States)
schultzei (Forel, 1910) (Botswana, Kenya, Zimbabwe)
sessile (Say, 1836) (Canada, Mexico, United States)
   • Bothriomyrmex dimmocki Wheeler, W.M., 1915
   • Formica gracilis Buckley Buckley, 1866
   • Formica parva Buckley, 1866
   • Tapinoma boreale Provancher Provancher, 1887
   • Tapinoma boreale Roger Roger, 1863

shattucki Cover & Rabeling, 2024 (United States)
sichuense Seifert, Kaufmann & Fraysse, 2024 (China)
silvestrii Wheeler, W.M., 1928 (China)
simrothi Krausse, 1911 (Afghanistan, Algeria, Balearic Islands, Canary Islands, China, Gibraltar, Greece, Iberian Peninsula, Iran, Italy, Kuwait, Malta, Montenegro, Morocco, Oman, Portugal, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Spain, Türkiye, United Arab Emirates, Yemen)
• Tapinoma minor Bernard, 1945

sinense Emery, 1925 (China, Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Republic of Korea, Russian Federation)
• Tapinoma emeryanum Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1927

sinense dagestanicum Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1927 (Kazakhstan)
subboreale Seifert, 2012 (Austria, Belgium, Czechia, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Republic of Moldova, Romania, Russian Federation, Slovakia, Sweden, Switzerland, Türkiye, Ukraine, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland)
subtile Santschi, 1911 (Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte, Namibia)

W

wheeleri (Mann, 1935) (Samoa)
williamsi (Wheeler, W.M., 1935) (Malaysia, Philippines)
wilsoni Sharaf & Aldawood, 2012 (Saudi Arabia)
wroughtonii Forel, 1904 (Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea, India, Pakistan, Republic of Korea)

Y

yacoubi Sharaf, 2022 (Saudi Arabia)

Fossil Species

Tapinoma
	Dolichoderinae
	; Tapinoma atriceps
	; Distribution
	; Species Richness
Statistics
Valid Species	101
Invalid Species	30
Fossils	6
Countries Occupied	168
Year Described	1850
First Species Described	1793
Last Species Described	2024

B

baculum Zhang, J., 1989 (Shanwang, China (Early Miocene))

E

electrinum Dlussky, 2002 (Rovno amber, Baltic Sea region, Europe (Priabonian, Late Eocene))

G

glaesaria Perrichot, Salsa-Gismondi & Antoine, 2019 (Rovno amber, Baltic Sea region, Europe (Priabonian, Late Eocene))

M

minutissimum Emery, 1891 (Sicilian amber, Italy (Late/Upper Miocene))

N

neli Perrichot, Salsa-Gismondi & Antoine, 2019 (Peruvian amber, Pebas Formation, Tamshiyacu, Peru (late Middle Miocene))

T

troche Wilson, 1985 (Dominican amber, Dominican Republic (Burdigalian, Early Miocene))