Tapinoma

{{Short description|Genus of ants}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Tapinoma.melanocephalum.group.feeding.on.apple.jpg | image_caption = ''Tapinoma melanocephalum'' | display_parents = 2 | taxon = Tapinoma | authority = Förster, 1850 | type_species = ''Tapinoma collina'' | type_species_authority = | diversity_link = #Species | diversity = 87 species | diversity_ref = <ref name="AntCat">{{AntCat|429122|''Tapinoma''|2014|accessdate=20 July 2014}}</ref> | synonyms = *''Micromyrma'' Dufour, 1857 *''Neoclystopsenella'' Kurian, 1955 *''Pseudaphomomyrmex'' Wheeler, W.M., 1920 *''Semonius'' Forel, 1910 *''Zatapinoma'' Wheeler, W.M., 1928 }}

'''''Tapinoma''''' (from Greek {{lang|grc|ταπείνωμα}} {{gloss|low position}}) is a genus of ants that belongs to the subfamily Dolichoderinae. The genus currently comprises 87 described species distributed worldwide in tropical and temperate regions.<ref name="AWTapinoma"/> Species in the genus are generalized foragers, nesting in a wide variety of habitats, ranging from grasslands, open fields, woodlands, to inside buildings. The majority of species nest in the ground under objects such as stones or tree logs, other species build nests under bark of logs and stumps, in plant cavities, insect galls or refuse piles.<ref>{{Cite journal | last1 = Sharaf | first1 = M. | last2 = Aldawood | first2 = A. | last3 = Elhawagry | first3 = M. | doi = 10.3897/zookeys.212.3325 | title = A new ant species of the genus Tapinoma (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from Saudi Arabia with a key to the Arabian species | journal = ZooKeys | issue = 212 | pages = 35–43 | year = 2012 | pmid = 22933848| pmc =3428702 | doi-access = free | bibcode = 2012ZooK..212...35S }}</ref> thumb|240px|right|''Tapinoma'' species with Wax scales

==Species== As of 2026, ''Tapinoma'' contains 87 valid species, including 81 extant and six fossil species.<ref name="AntCat"/> ===Extant=== {{div col|colwidth=30em}} *''Tapinoma aberrans'' (Santschi, 1911) *''Tapinoma acuminatum'' Forel, 1907 *''Tapinoma albinase'' (Forel, 1910) *''Tapinoma albomaculatum'' (Karavaiev, 1926) *''Tapinoma amazone'' Wheeler, 1934 *''Tapinoma andamanense'' Forel, 1903 *''Tapinoma annandalei'' (Wheeler, 1928) *''Tapinoma arnoldi'' Forel, 1913 *''Tapinoma atriceps'' Emery, 1888 *''Tapinoma breviscapum'' Forel, 1908 *''Tapinoma carininotum'' Weber, 1943 *''Tapinoma chiaromontei'' Menozzi, 1930 *''Tapinoma christophi'' Emery, 1925 *''Tapinoma dabashanicum'' Seifert et al., 2024 *''Tapinoma danitschi'' Forel, 1915 *''Tapinoma darioi'' Seifert et al., 2017 *''Tapinoma demissum'' Bolton, 1995 *''Tapinoma emeryi'' (Ashmead, 1905) *''Tapinoma epinotale'' Karavaiev, 1935 *''Tapinoma erraticum'' (Latreille, 1798) *''Tapinoma festae'' Emery, 1925 *''Tapinoma flavidum'' André, 1892 *''Tapinoma fragile'' Smith, 1876 *''Tapinoma funiculare'' Santschi, 1928 *''Tapinoma geei'' Wheeler, 1927 *''Tapinoma gibbosum'' Stitz, 1933 *''Tapinoma glabrellum'' (Nylander, 1849) *''Tapinoma glaucum'' (Viehmeyer, 1916) *''Tapinoma himalaicum'' Bharti et al., 2013 *''Tapinoma hispanicum'' Seifert et al., 2024 *''Tapinoma ibericum'' Santschi, 1925 *''Tapinoma incognitum'' Cover & Rabeling, 2024 *''Tapinoma inflatiscapus'' Cover & Rabeling, 2024 *''Tapinoma insulare'' Seifert et al., 2024 *''Tapinoma israele'' Forel, 1904 *''Tapinoma jandai'' Seifert, 2025 *''Tapinoma karavaievi'' Emery, 1925 *''Tapinoma kinburni'' Karavaiev, 1937 *''Tapinoma krakatauae'' (Wheeler, 1924) *''Tapinoma latifrons'' (Karavaiev, 1933) *''Tapinoma litorale'' Wheeler, 1905 *''Tapinoma lugubre'' Santschi, 1917 *''Tapinoma luridum'' Emery, 1908 *''Tapinoma luteum'' (Emery, 1895) *''Tapinoma madeirense'' Forel, 1895 *''Tapinoma magnum'' Mayr, 1861 *''Tapinoma melanocephalum'' (Fabricius, 1793) *''Tapinoma minimum'' Mayr, 1895 *''Tapinoma minutum'' Mayr, 1862 *''Tapinoma modestum'' Santschi, 1932 *''Tapinoma muelleri'' Karavaiev, 1926 *''Tapinoma nigerrimum'' (Nylander, 1856) *''Tapinoma onaele'' Shakur et al., 2024 *''Tapinoma opacum'' Wheeler & Mann, 1914 *''Tapinoma orthocephalum'' Stitz, 1934 *''Tapinoma panamense'' Wheeler, 1934 *''Tapinoma paxi'' General & Schoppe, 2025 *''Tapinoma philippinense'' Donisthorpe, 1942 *''Tapinoma phoeniceum'' Emery, 1925 *''Tapinoma pomone'' Donisthorpe, 1947 *''Tapinoma pulchellum'' Cover & Rabeling, 2024 *''Tapinoma pygmaeum'' (Dufour, 1857) *''Tapinoma ramulorum'' Emery, 1896 *''Tapinoma rasenum'' Smith & Lavigne, 1973 *''Tapinoma rectinotum'' Wheeler, 1927 *''Tapinoma sahohime'' Terayama, 2013 *''Tapinoma schreiberi'' Hamm, 2010 *''Tapinoma schultzei'' (Forel, 1910) *''Tapinoma sessile'' (Say, 1836) *''Tapinoma shattucki'' Cover & Rabeling, 2024 *''Tapinoma sichuense'' Seifert et al., 2024 *''Tapinoma silvestrii'' Wheeler, 1928 *''Tapinoma simrothi'' Krausse, 1911 *''Tapinoma sinense'' Emery, 1925 *''Tapinoma subboreale'' Seifert, 2012 *''Tapinoma subtile'' Santschi, 1911 *''Tapinoma wheeleri'' (Mann, 1935) *''Tapinoma williamsi'' (Wheeler, 1935) *''Tapinoma wilsoni'' Sharaf & Aldawood, 2012 *''Tapinoma wroughtonii'' Forel, 1904 *''Tapinoma yacoubi'' Sharaf, 2022 {{div col end}}

===Extinct=== {{div col|colwidth=30em}} *†''Tapinoma baculum'' Zhang, 1989 *†''Tapinoma electrinum'' Dlussky & Perkovsky, 2002 *†''Tapinoma glaesaria'' Perrichot et al., 2019 *†''Tapinoma minutissimum'' Emery, 1891 *†''Tapinoma neli'' Perrichot et al., 2019 *†''Tapinoma troche'' Wilson, 1985 {{div col end}}

==References== {{Reflist|refs=

<ref name="AWTapinoma">{{cite web |url=http://www.antweb.org/description.do?name=Tapinoma&rank=genus&project=allantwebants |title=Genus: ''Tapinoma'' |website=antweb.org |publisher=AntWeb |access-date=11 October 2013 }}{{Dead link|date=July 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

}} {{Refbegin}} *{{OA-attribution| {{Cite journal | last1 = Sharaf | first1 = M. | last2 = Aldawood | first2 = A. | last3 = Elhawagry | first3 = M. | doi = 10.3897/zookeys.212.3325 | title = A new ant species of the genus Tapinoma (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from Saudi Arabia with a key to the Arabian species | journal = ZooKeys | issue = 212 | pages = 35–43 | year = 2012 | pmid = 22933848| pmc =3428702 | doi-access = free | bibcode = 2012ZooK..212...35S }} }} {{Refend}}

==External links== *{{Commons category-inline|Tapinoma|''Tapinoma''}}

Category:Tapinoma Category:Dolichoderinae Category:Ant genera