Tapinoma luteum

Specimens of T. luteum have been collected in Acacia woodland, from the stub of a dead limb and in the litter, a gallery forest, and from the trunk of a Vachellia tree in a savannah woodland.

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: Kenya, Namibia, South Africa, Zimbabwe.

Nomenclature

 *  luteum. Technomyrmex luteus Emery, 1895h: 43 (w.) SOUTH AFRICA. Mayr, 1907b: 18 (q.); Wheeler, G.C. & Wheeler, J. 1966: 730 (l.). Combination in Tapinoma: Mayr, 1907b: 18. Current subspecies: nominal plus natalicum.