Tapinoma

Tapinoma (from Greek ) is a genus of ants that belongs to the subfamily Dolichoderinae. The genus currently comprises 74 described species distributed worldwide in tropical and temperate regions. 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. thumb|240px|right|Tapinoma species with Wax scales

==Species== 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 antarcticum Forel, 1904 Tapinoma arnoldi Forel, 1913 Tapinoma atriceps Emery, 1888 †Tapinoma baculum Zhang, 1989 Tapinoma carininotum Weber, 1943 Tapinoma chiaromontei Menozzi, 1930 Tapinoma christophi Emery, 1925 Tapinoma danitschi Forel, 1915 Tapinoma demissum Bolton, 1995 †Tapinoma electrinum Dlussky & Perkovsky, 2002 Tapinoma emeryanum Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1927 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 glaesaria Perrichot, Salas-Gismondi & Antoine, 2019 (formerly T. aberrans Dlussky, 2002) Tapinoma glaucum (Viehmeyer, 1916) Tapinoma heyeri Forel, 1902 Tapinoma himalaica Bharti, Kumar & Dubovikoff, 2013 Tapinoma indicum Forel, 1895 Tapinoma israele Forel, 1904 Tapinoma karavaievi Emery, 1925 Tapinoma kinburni Karavaiev, 1937 Tapinoma krakatauae (Wheeler, 1924) Tapinoma latifrons (Karavaiev, 1933) Tapinoma litorale Wheeler, 1905 Tapinoma luffae (Kurian, 1955) Tapinoma lugubre Santschi, 1917 Tapinoma luridum Emery, 1908 Tapinoma luteum (Emery, 1895) Tapinoma madeirense Forel, 1895 Tapinoma melanocephalum (Fabricius, 1793) Tapinoma minimum Mayr, 1895 Tapinoma minor Bernard, 1945 †Tapinoma minutissimum Emery, 1891 Tapinoma minutum Mayr, 1862 Tapinoma modestum Santschi, 1932 Tapinoma muelleri Karavaiev, 1926 †Tapinoma neli Perrichot, Salas-Gismondi & Antoine, 2019 Tapinoma nigerrimum (Nylander, 1856) Tapinoma onaele Shakur et al., 2024 Tapinoma opacum Wheeler & Mann, 1914 Tapinoma orthocephalum Stitz, 1934 Tapinoma panamense Wheeler, 1934 Tapinoma philippinense Donisthorpe, 1942 Tapinoma pomone Donisthorpe, 1947 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 silvestrii Wheeler, 1928 Tapinoma simrothi Krausse, 1911 Tapinoma sinense Emery, 1925 Tapinoma subboreale Seifert, 2012 Tapinoma subtile Santschi, 1911 †Tapinoma troche Wilson, 1985 Tapinoma wheeleri (Mann, 1935) Tapinoma williamsi (Wheeler, 1935) Tapinoma wilsoni Sharaf & Aldawood, 2012 Tapinoma wroughtonii Forel, 1904