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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps » Ants (Formicoidea) » Ants (Formicidae) » Odorous Ants (Dolichoderinae) » Tapinomini » Tapinoma » Ghost Ant (Tapinoma melanocephalum)

Species Tapinoma melanocephalum - Ghost Ant

Classification · Explanation of Names · Range · Internet References · Works Cited
Ghost ant invasion ... yikes! - Tapinoma melanocephalum Is this Tapinoma? - Tapinoma melanocephalum Ghost Ants - Tapinoma melanocephalum - female Tiny ant - Tapinoma melanocephalum small ants May 27 - Tapinoma melanocephalum Tapinoma melancephalum? - Tapinoma melanocephalum - female Possibly winged Tapinoma sp. - Tapinoma melanocephalum Tapinoma melanocephalum - female
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies)
No Taxon (Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps)
Superfamily Formicoidea (Ants)
Family Formicidae (Ants)
Subfamily Dolichoderinae (Odorous Ants)
Tribe Tapinomini
Genus Tapinoma
Species melanocephalum (Ghost Ant)
Explanation of Names
Tapinoma melanocephalum (Fabricius)
Range
native to the Old World tropics(1), adventive elsewhere; in our area, established in FL (expanding) and reached TX in mid-1990s (prob. through Galveston on a shipment of plants from FL); infestations reported in many areas as far north as MB, but in cooler areas the ant can only survive indoors (greenhouses, etc.)
Internet References
Fact sheet (Nickerson et al. 2012)(2)
Works Cited
1.Exotic ants in Florida
Deyrup M., Davis L., Cover S. 2000. Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. 126: 293-326.
2.University of Florida: Featured Creatures
Contributed by Jeff Hollenbeck on 27 October, 2006 - 11:24pm
Additional contributions by Chuck Entz, v belov, KenW
Last updated 9 September, 2022 - 8:27pm

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