Tapinomini

Nomenclature

 * [tribe of Dolichoderinae]
 * Tapinomini Emery, 1913a: 17. Type-genus: Tapinoma Foerster, 1850a: 43.

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; Dlussky & Fedoseeva, 1988: 77; Hölldobler & Wilson, 1990: 17; Jaffe, 1993: 9; Dubovikoff, 2005a: 91; Ward, et al. 2010: 361.
 * Tapinomini as senior synonym of Axinidrini and Liometopini: Ward, et al. 2010: 361 [by implication, because type-genera of both tribes included in Tapinomini].