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Tapinoma melanocephalum (Fabricius, 1793)

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Arthropoda
class
Insecta
order
Hymenoptera
family
Formicidae
genus
Tapinoma
species
Tapinoma melanocephalum

Name

Synonyms
Formica domestica Smith, 1871
Formica melanocephala J.C.Fabricius, 1793
Formica nana Jerdon, 1851
Formica wallacei Guerrero, 2018
Micromyrma melanocephalum (Fabricius, 1793)
Myrmica pellucida Smith, 1857
Tapinoma domesticum (Smith, 1871)
Tapinoma jerdoni Seifert, 2022
Tapinoma melanocephalum var. australe Santschi, 1928
Tapinoma melanocephalum var. australis Santschi, 1928
Tapinoma melanocephalum var. coronatum Forel, 1908
Tapinoma melanocephalum var. malesianum Forel, 1913
Tapinoma nana (Jerdon, 1851)
Tapinoma pellucida (Smith, 1857)
Tapinoma wallacei (Guerrero, 2018)
Homonyms
Tapinoma melanocephalum (Fabricius, 1793)
Common names
Black-headed ant, Ghost ant in English
Formiga-do-Açúcar in Portuguese
Fourmi fantôme in French
Fourmi fantôme in French
Ghost Ant in English
Ghost Ants in English
Ghost ant in English
Ghost ant in English
Hormiga africana fantasma in Spanish
Schwarzkopfameise in German
Semut Pudak in Indonesian
Spookdraaigatje in Dutch
albaricoque in language.
awate-konuka-ari in language.
black-headed ant in language.
formiga-fantasma in Portuguese
ghost ant in language.
hormiga bottegaria in language.
house infesting ant in language.
mindre husmyra in Swedish
spökmyra in Swedish
spøkelsesmaur in Norwegian Bokmål
tiny yellow house ant in language.
tramp ant in language.
üvegpotrohú kóborhangya in Hungarian
نمل الشبح in Arabic
มดเหม็น in Thai
アワテコヌカアリ in Japanese
黑頭慌琉璃蟻 in Chinese
黑頭慌蟻 (黑頭慌琉璃蟻) in Chinese
黑頭荒蟻 in Chinese
유령개미 in Korean
Ghost Ant in English
Spookdraaigatje in Dutch
mindre husmyra in Swedish
spøkelsesmaur in Norwegian Bokmål
spökmyra in Swedish

Bibliographic References

  1. Bolton (2013) Antweb. Family: Formicidae.
  2. Hall (2004) Myror
  3. Krushelnycky et al. (2005), https://hdl.handle.net/10125/103
  4. Wegnez P., Ignace D., Morro C. 2021. - Atlas des fourmis luxembourgeoises (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Ferrantia 84, Musée national d'histoire naturelle, Luxembourg, 130 p. https://ps.mnhn.lu/ferrantia/publications/Ferrantia84.pdf
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