Kinds of Formicidae

World Ants
(Valid extant species)

Gary Alpert
Harvard University
Gary_Alpert@harvard.edu

Barry Bolton
Isle of Wight, United Kingdom


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Stefan Cover, John LaPolla,
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This world ant list is dedicated to the memory of William L. Brown, Jr.

Scientific name -- Other names
Tapinoma Foerster, 1850
   Tapinoma acuminatum Forel, 1907
   Tapinoma amazone Wheeler, W. M., 1934
   Tapinoma ambiguum Emery, 1925
   Tapinoma andamanense Forel, 1903
   Tapinoma andamanense_capsincola Forel, 1911
   Tapinoma annandalei (Wheeler, W. M., 1928)
   Tapinoma antarcticum Forel, 1904
   Tapinoma arnoldi Forel, 1913
   Tapinoma arnoldi_tectum Santschi, 1917
   Tapinoma atriceps Emery, 1888
   Tapinoma atriceps_breviscapum Forel, 1908
   Tapinoma carininotum Weber, 1943
   Tapinoma chiaromontei Menozzi, 1930
   Tapinoma christophi Emery, 1925
   Tapinoma danitschi Forel, 1915
   Tapinoma danitschi_bevisi Forel, 1915
   Tapinoma demissum Bolton, 1995
   Tapinoma emeryanum Kuznetsov- Ugamsky, 1927
   Tapinoma emeryanum_dagestanicum Kuznetsov- Ugamsky, 1927
   Tapinoma epinotale Karavaiev, 1935
   Tapinoma erraticum (Latreille, 1798)
   Tapinoma erraticum_atomum (Latreille, 1798)
   Tapinoma erraticum_madeirense Forel, 1895
   Tapinoma erraticum_platyops Emery, 1925
   Tapinoma flavidum Andre, 1892
   Tapinoma fragile F. Smith, 1876
   Tapinoma funiculare Santschi, 1928
   Tapinoma geei Wheeler, W. M., 1927
   Tapinoma geei_tinctum Wheeler, W. M., 1927
   Tapinoma gibbosum Stitz, 1933
   Tapinoma glaucum (Viehmeyer, 1916)
   Tapinoma heyeri Forel, 1902
   Tapinoma heyeri_risii Forel, 1912
   Tapinoma indicum Forel, 1895
   Tapinoma indicum_timidum Santschi, 1928
   Tapinoma israele Forel, 1904
   Tapinoma karavaievi Emery, 1925
   Tapinoma kinburni Karavaiev, 1937
   Tapinoma litorale Wheeler, W. M., 1905
   Tapinoma litorale_cubaense Wheeler, W. M., 1913
   Tapinoma luffae (Kurian, 1955)
   Tapinoma lugubre Santschi, 1917
   Tapinoma luridum Emery, 1908
   Tapinoma luridum_connexum Santschi, 1914
   Tapinoma luridum_longiceps Wheeler, W. M., 1922
   Tapinoma luridum_sokolovi Karavaiev, 1931
   Tapinoma luteum (Emery, 1895)
   Tapinoma luteum_emeryi (Forel, 1910)
   Tapinoma melanocephalum (Fabricius, 1793)
   Tapinoma melanocephalum_coronatum Forel, 1908
   Tapinoma melanocephalum_malesianum Forel, 1913
   Tapinoma menozzii Donisthorpe, 1936
   Tapinoma minimum Mayr, 1895
   Tapinoma minor Bernard, 1945
   Tapinoma minutum Mayr, 1862
   Tapinoma minutum_broomense Forel, 1915
   Tapinoma minutum_cephalicum Santschi, 1928
   Tapinoma minutum_integrum Forel, 1902
   Tapinoma modestum Santschi, 1932
   Tapinoma muelleri Karavaiev, 1926
   Tapinoma opacum Wheeler, W. M., and Mann, 1914
   Tapinoma orthocephalum Stitz, 1934
   Tapinoma pallipes F. Smith, 1876
   Tapinoma panamense Wheeler, W. M., 1934
   Tapinoma philippinense Donisthorpe, 1942
   Tapinoma pomone Donisthorpe, 1947
   Tapinoma pygmaeum (Dufour, 1857)
   Tapinoma ramulorum Emery, 1896
   Tapinoma ramulorum_annellatum Wheeler, W. M., 1934
   Tapinoma ramulorum_inrectum Forel, 1908
   Tapinoma ramulorum_saga Forel, 1912
   Tapinoma ramulorum_satullum Wheeler, W. M., 1934
   Tapinoma ramulorum_toltecum Wheeler, W. M., 1934
   Tapinoma rasenum Smith D. R., and Lavigne, 1973
   Tapinoma rectinotum Wheeler, W. M., 1927
   Tapinoma rottnestense Wheeler, W. M., 1934
   Tapinoma schultzei (Forel, 1910)
   Tapinoma sessile (Say, 1836)
   Tapinoma silvestrii Wheeler, W. M., 1928
   Tapinoma simrothi Krausse, 1911
   Tapinoma simrothi_festae Emery, 1925
   Tapinoma simrothi_pheoniceum Emery, 1925
   Tapinoma sinense Emery, 1925
   Tapinoma subtile Santschi, 1911
   Tapinoma vexatum Santschi, 1919
   Tapinoma wheeleri (Mann, 1935)
   Tapinoma williamsi (Wheeler, W. M., 1935)
   Tapinoma wroughtonii Forel, 1904

Updated: 2016-02-11 22:48:41

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