Tapinoma ramulorum

I have taken this species frequently at San Jose, Costa Rica, nesting in dry twigs of various trees. Emery's specimens were found in the same locality in dry twigs of the "tuete" (Vernonia brachiata Bentham). Wheeler (1934)

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Neotropical Region: Costa Rica, Trinidad and Tobago.

Nomenclature

 *  ramulorum. Tapinoma ramulorum Emery, 1896g: 101 (w.q.m.) COSTA RICA. Current subspecies: nominal plus annellatum, inrectum, saga, satullum, toltecum. See also: Wheeler, W.M. 1934g: 178.