Tapinomini

The tribe Tapinomini belongs to the subfamily Dolichoderinae. For a list of genera contained within this tribe see Tapinomini genera, for species see Tapinomini species.

Tribe TAPINOMINI Tapinomini Emery, 1913a: 17. Type-genus: Tapinoma. Taxonomic history Tapinomini as junior synonym of Dolichoderinae: Shattuck, 1992c: 5; Bolton, 1994: 26; Bolton, 1995b: 16; Bolton, 2003: 19. Tapinomini as tribe of Dolichoderinae: Emery, 1913a: 17; Wheeler, W.M. 1915h: 86; Forel, 1917: 247; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 688; subsequent authors to Dlussky & Fedoseeva, 1988: 77; Hölldobler & Wilson, 1990: 17; Jaffe, 1993: 9; Dubovikov, 2005a: 91; Ward, Brady, et al. 2010: 361. Genera of Tapinomini: Aptinoma,  Axinidris, *Ctenobethylus, Ecphorella, Liometopum, Tapinoma, Technomyrmex.

Junior synonyms of TAPINOMINI

Axinidrini Weber, 1941a: 193. Type-genus: Axinidris. Taxonomic history Axinidrini as tribe of Dolichoderinae: Weber, 1941a: 193; Dlussky & Fedoseeva, 1988: 78. Axinidrini as junior synonym of Dolichoderinae: Shattuck, 1992c: 5; Bolton, 1994: 26; Bolton, 1995b: 9; Bolton, 2003: 19, 81. Axinidrini as junior synonym of Tapinomini: Ward, Brady, et al. 2010: 361 [by implication, because type-genus included in Tapinomini].

Liometopini Dlussky & Fedoseeva, 1988: 77. Type-genus: Liometopum. Taxonomic history Liometopini as tribe of Dolichoderinae: Dlussky & Fedoseeva, 1988: 77. Liometopini as junior synonym of Dolichoderinae: Shattuck, 1992c: 5; Bolton, 1994: 26; Bolton, 1995b: 12; Bolton, 2003: 19, 81. Liometopini as junior synonym of Tapinomini: Ward, Brady,  et al.  2010: 361 [by implication, because type-genus included in Tapinomini].