Key to Tapinoma of Hispaniola

Additional information about the ants of the island can be found here: Ants of Hispaniola

Tapinoma rasenum needs to be added to this key.

Key to Workers

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 * Head and mesosoma brown (in some specimens there may be some yellow coloration in the mesosoma), remainder of body yellow . . . . . Tapinoma melanocephalum


 * Not colored as above . . . . . 2

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 * In profile dorsum of propodeum much shorter than declivious face, distinct angle between the margin of dorsum and declivious face; entire worker light yellow to yellow-orange . . . . . Tapinoma litorale


 * In profile propodeum slopes downward in even curve from anterior dorsum and continues without an angle for most of the length of propodeum margin, black/dark-brown body; tips of mandibles, tarsi, and mouth parts may be yellow . . . . . Tapinoma opacum