| Tapinoma | |
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| Tapinoma melanocephalum | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Dolichoderinae |
| Tribe: | Tapinomini |
| Genus: | Tapinoma Förster, 1850 |
| Type species | |
| Tapinoma collina | |
| Diversity[1] | |
| 74 species | |
| Synonyms | |
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Tapinoma (from Greek ταπείνωμα low position) is a genus of ants that belongs to the subfamily Dolichoderinae. The genus currently comprises 74[2] described species distributed worldwide in tropical and temperate regions. Members of 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.[3]
- ^ Bolton, B. (2014). "Tapinoma". AntCat. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
AWTapinomawas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Sharaf, M.; Aldawood, A.; Elhawagry, M. (2012). "A new ant species of the genus Tapinoma (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from Saudi Arabia with a key to the Arabian species". ZooKeys (212): 35–43. Bibcode:2012ZooK..212...35S. doi:10.3897/zookeys.212.3325. PMC 3428702. PMID 22933848.