Checklist of Tapinoma species

The following species and subspecies belong to the genus Tapinoma. Synonyms are listed under their senior names. For valid names only see Tapinoma species and for distribution information see Tapinoma species by Country.

A
aberrans Santschi (Santschi, 1911) (Madagascar)

acuminatum Forel, 1907 (Kenya)

albinase (Forel, 1910) (South Africa)

albomaculatum (Karavaiev, 1926) (Indonesia, Sulawesi)

amazonae Wheeler, W.M., 1934 (Brazil)

andamanense Forel, 1903 (India)

andamanense capsincola Forel, 1911 (Indonesia)

annandalei (Wheeler, W.M., 1928) (India)

antarcticum Forel, 1904 (Chile)

• Forelius eidmanni Goetsch, 1933

• Tapinoma fazi Santschi, 1923

arnoldi Forel, 1913 (Zimbabwe)

arnoldi tectum Santschi, 1917 (South Africa)

atriceps Emery, 1888 (Brazil, Paraguay)

atriceps breviscapum Forel, 1908 (Brazil)

C
carininotum Weber, 1943 (Sudan)

chiaromontei Menozzi, 1930 (Somalia)

christophi Emery, 1925 (Lebanon, Russian Federation)

D
danitschi Forel, 1915 (South Africa)

danitschi bevisi Forel, 1915 (South Africa)

demissum Bolton, 1995 (United Republic of Tanzania, Zimbabwe)

• Tapinoma gracile Forel, 1913

E
emeryanum Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1927 (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan)

emeryanum dagestanicum Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1927 (Kazakhstan)

emeryi (Ashmead, 1905) (Philippines)

epinotale Karavaiev, 1935 (Vietnam)

erraticum (Latreille, 1798) (Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Balearic Islands, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canary Islands, Channel Islands, Croatia, Czech Republic, France, Georgia, Germany, Gibraltar, Greece, Hungary, Iberian Peninsula, Iran, Israel, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Monaco, Montenegro, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Moldova, Romania, Russian Federation, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Åland Islands)

• Formica caerulescens Losana, 1834

• Formica glabrella Nylander, 1849

• Tapinoma breve Emery, 1925

• Tapinoma collina Foerster, 1850

• Tapinoma erraticum bononiensis Emery, 1925

• Tapinoma tauridis Emery, 1925

• Tapinoma tauridis transcaucasica Karavaiev, 1927

erraticum atomum (Latreille, 1798) (France)

erraticum platyops Emery, 1925 (Switzerland)

F
festae Emery, 1925 (Greece, Iran, Turkey)

flavidum André, 1892 (Borneo, Indonesia, Malaysia)

fragile Smith, F., 1876 (Mauritius)

funiculare Santschi, 1928 (Vietnam)

G
geei Wheeler, W.M., 1927 (China, Republic of Korea)

geei tinctum Wheeler, W.M., 1927 (China)

gibbosum Stitz, 1933 (Brazil)

glaucum (Viehmeyer, 1916) (Singapore)

H
heyeri Forel, 1902 (Brazil, Uruguay)

heyeri risii Forel, 1912 (Uruguay)

himalaicum Bharti, Kumar & Dubovikov, 2013 (India)

I
indicum Forel, 1895 (Borneo, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, Vietnam)

indicum timidum Santschi, 1928 (Solomon Islands, Vanuatu)

israele Forel, 1904 (Algeria, Israel)

K
karavaievi Emery, 1925 (Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan)

• Tapinoma simrothi azerbeidzhanica Karavaiev, 1932

kinburni Karavaiev, 1937 (Ukraine)

krakatauae (Wheeler, W.M., 1924) (Indonesia)

L
latifrons (Karavaiev, 1933) (Indonesia)

litorale Wheeler, W.M., 1905 (Bahamas, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Guadeloupe, Mexico, Puerto Rico, United States)

litorale cubaense Wheeler, W.M., 1913 (Cuba, Dominican Republic, Greater Antilles)

luffae (Kurian, 1955) (India)

lugubre Santschi, 1917 (Zimbabwe)

luridum Emery, 1908 (Democratic Republic of Congo, Guinea)

luridum connexum Santschi, 1914 (Kenya)

luridum longiceps Wheeler, W.M., 1922 (Democratic Republic of Congo, Guinea)

luridum sokolovi Karavaiev, 1931 (Kenya)

luteum (Emery, 1895) (Kenya, Namibia, South Africa, Zimbabwe)

luteum natalicum Özdikmen, 2010 (South Africa)

• Technomyrmex luteus emeryi Forel, 1910

M
madeirense Forel, 1895 (Albania, Andorra, Austria, Balearic Islands, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iberian Peninsula, Italy, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Montenegro, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Republic of Moldova, Romania, Russian Federation, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland)

• Tapinoma erraticum ambiguum Emery, 1925

melanocephalum (Fabricius, 1793) (Afghanistan, Anguilla, Australia, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belgium, Belize, Borneo, Brazil, Cambodia, Canada, Canary Islands, Cape Verde, Cayman Islands, China, Colombia, Comoros, Cook Islands, Costa Rica, Cuba, Czech Republic, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Fiji, Finland, French Guiana, French Polynesia, Galapagos Islands, Guadeloupe, Guam, Guatemala, Guinea, Guyana, Haiti, Hawaii, Honduras, Hungary, Iberian Peninsula, India, Indonesia, Japan, Krakatau Islands, Lesser Antilles, Madagascar, Malaysia, Mauritius, Mayotte, Mexico, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Nicobar Island, Niue, Norfolk Island, Oman, Paraguay, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Republic of Korea, Romania, Réunion, Saint Helena, Samoa, Senegal, Seychelles, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Spain, Sri Lanka, Suriname, Thailand, Tokelau, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, United States, Vanuatu, Wallis and Futuna Islands)

• Formica familiaris Smith, F., 1860

• Formica nana Jerdon Jerdon, 1851

• Myrmica pellucida Smith, F., 1857

• Tapinoma melanocephalum australe Santschi, 1928

• Tapinoma melanocephalum australis Santschi, 1928

melanocephalum coronatum Forel, 1908 (Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Greater Antilles)

melanocephalum malesianum Forel, 1913 (Indonesia)

minimum Mayr, 1895 (United Republic of Tanzania)

minor Bernard, 1945 (Morocco)

minutum Mayr, 1862 (Australia, Cook Islands, Fiji, Guam, New Guinea, Niue, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tokelau, Tonga, Wallis and Futuna Islands)

minutum broomense Forel, 1915 (Australia)

minutum cephalicum Santschi, 1928 (Australia)

minutum integrum Forel, 1902 (Australia)

modestum Santschi, 1932 (Benin, Zimbabwe)

muelleri Karavaiev, 1926 (Indonesia)

N
nigerrimum Nylander, 1856 (Algeria, Balearic Islands, Belgium, France, Gibraltar, Greece, Italy, Montenegro, Morocco, Spain, Turkey)

• Tapinoma magnum Mayr, 1861

• Tapinoma nigerrima ibericum Santschi, 1925

O
opacum Wheeler, W.M. & Mann, 1914 (Dominican Republic, Greater Antilles, Haiti)

orthocephalum Stitz, 1934 (Mongolia)

P
panamense Wheeler, W.M., 1934 (Panama)

• Tapinoma canalis Wheeler, W.M., 1942

philippinense Donisthorpe, 1942 (Philippines)

pomone Donisthorpe, 1947 (Mauritius)

pygmaeum (Dufour, 1857) (France, Iberian Peninsula, Spain)

• Micromyrma dufouri Donisthorpe, 1943

• Tapinoma confusum Smith, M.R., 1951

R
ramulorum Emery, 1896 (Costa Rica, Trinidad and Tobago)

ramulorum annellatum Wheeler, W.M., 1934 (Costa Rica)

ramulorum inrectum Forel, 1908 (Costa Rica, Guatemala, Mexico, Panama)

ramulorum saga Forel, 1912 (Trinidad and Tobago)

ramulorum satullum Wheeler, W.M., 1934 (Mexico)

ramulorum toltecum Wheeler, W.M., 1934 (Mexico)

rasenum Smith, D.R. & Lavigne, 1973 (Greater Antilles, Puerto Rico)

rectinotum Wheeler, W.M., 1927 (China)

S
sahohime Terayama, 2013 (Japan)

schreiberi Hamm, 2010 (United States)

schultzei (Forel, 1910) (Botswana, Kenya, Zimbabwe)

sessile (Say, 1836) (Canada, Mexico, United States)

• Bothriomyrmex dimmocki Wheeler, W.M., 1915

• Formica gracilis Buckley Buckley, 1866

• Formica parva Buckley, 1866

• Tapinoma boreale Provancher Provancher, 1887

• Tapinoma boreale Roger Roger, 1863

silvestrii Wheeler, W.M., 1928 (China)

simrothi Krausse, 1911 (Afghanistan, Balearic Islands, Canary Islands, China, Gibraltar, Greece, Iberian Peninsula, Italy, Kuwait, Malta, Montenegro, Oman, Portugal, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Spain, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, Yemen)

simrothi phoeniceum Emery, 1925 (Cyprus)

sinense Emery, 1925 (China, Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea, Mongolia, Republic of Korea)

subboreale Seifert, 2012 (Belgium, Germany, Greece, Turkey)

subtile Santschi, 1911 (Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte, Namibia)

W
wheeleri (Mann, 1935) (Samoa)

williamsi (Wheeler, W.M., 1935) (Malaysia, Philippines)

wilsoni Sharaf & Aldawood, 2012 (Saudi Arabia)

wroughtonii Forel, 1904 (Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea, India, Republic of Korea)

=Fossil Species=

A
aberrans Dlussky Dlussky, 2002

B
baculum Zhang, 1989

E
electrinum Dlussky, 2002

M
minutissimum Emery, 1891

T
troche Wilson, 1985 (Dominican amber)