Tapinoma

Most Tapinoma species are arboreal and some live in close associations with myrmecophyte plants (Wheeler, 1922; Bolton, 1973a). In addition, they seem to be generalised foragers (Brown, 2000).

Species richness
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Nomenclature

 *  TAPINOMA [Dolichoderinae: Tapinomini]
 * Tapinoma Foerster, 1850a: 43. Type-species: Tapinoma collina (junior synonym of Formica erratica), by monotypy.
 * Tapinoma senior synonym of Micromyrma: Mayr, 1863: 455; Emery, 1913a: 38; Smith, M.R. 1951a: 837; Shattuck, 1992c: 146.
 * Tapinoma senior synonym of Neoclystopsenella: Brown, 1988a: 337.
 * Tapinoma senior synonym of Semonius, Zatapinoma: Shattuck, 1992c: 146.
 * Tapinoma senior synonym of Pseudaphomomyrmex: Fisher & Bolton, 2007: 66.
 * MICROMYRMA [junior synonym of Tapinoma]
 * Micromyrma Dufour, 1857: 60. Type-species: Micromyrma pygmaea, by monotypy.
 * [Type-species not Formica erratica, unjustified subsequent designation by Wheeler, W.M. 1911f: 167.]
 * Micromyrma subgenus of Tapinoma: Santschi, 1928e: 475; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 192.
 * Micromyrma junior synonym of Tapinoma: Mayr, 1863: 455; Forel, 1878: 385; Dalla Torre, 1893: 164; Emery, 1913a: 38; Smith, M.R. 1951a: 837; Shattuck, 1992c: 146.
 * NEOCLYSTOPSENELLA [junior synonym of Tapinoma]
 * Neoclystopsenella Kurian, 1955: 133. Type-species: Neoclystopsenella luffae, by monotypy.
 * Neoclystopsenella junior synonym of Tapinoma: Brown, 1988a: 337.
 * PSEUDAPHOMOMYRMEX [junior synonym of Tapinoma]
 * Pseudaphomomyrmex Wheeler, W.M. 1920: 53. Type-species: Aphomomyrmex emeryi, by original designation.
 * Pseudaphomomyrmex junior synonym of Aphomomyrmex: Emery, 1925b: 44.
 * Pseudaphomomyrmex revived from synonymy: Chapman & Capco, 1951: 214.
 * Pseudaphomomyrmex in Dolichoderinae: LaPolla & Longino, 2006: 305.
 * Pseudaphomomyrmex junior synonym of Tapinoma: Fisher & Bolton, 2007: 66.
 * SEMONIUS [junior synonym of Tapinoma]
 * Semonius Forel, 1910f: 21. Type-species: Semonius schultzei, by monotypy.
 * Semonius junior synonym of Tapinoma: Shattuck, 1992c: 146.
 * ZATAPINOMA [junior synonym of Tapinoma]
 * Zatapinoma Wheeler, W.M. 1928a: 20. Type-species: Zatapinoma annandalei, by original designation.
 * Zatapinoma junior synonym of Tapinoma: Shattuck, 1992c: 146.

Additional References

 * Duran-Ruiz, C. et al. 2013. Ants from the Miocene Totolapa amber (Chiapas, Mexico), with the first record of the genus Forelius (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Can. J. Earth Sci. 50, 495-502 (dx.doi.org/10.1139/cjes-2012-0166).