Tapinoma melanocephalum australe

This taxon is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Tapinoma melanocephalum.

Nomenclature

 * australe. Tapinoma (Micromyrma) melanocephalum var. australe Santschi, 1928e: 475 (w.) VANUATU. Junior synonym of melanocephalum: Bolton, 1995b: 399. [Note. Shattuck, 1994: 148 treats australis and australe as variant spellings, but the type-localities of the two are different and the names must be treated as separate.]