Tapinoma Foerster

Ward, P. S., 2005, A synoptic review of the ants of California (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)., Zootaxa 936, pp. 1-68 : 27

publication ID

21008

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6268091

persistent identifier

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scientific name

Tapinoma Foerster
status

 

Genus Tapinoma Foerster View in CoL   HNS

T. melanocephalum (Fabricius)   HNS is an introduced species, not definitively established in the state. T. sessile (Say)   HNS is a very common ant, found in almost all habitats in California except deserts and areas invaded by Linepithema humile   HNS . T. sessile   HNS shows substantial variation in size and color. At scattered locations in California a bicolored (orange and black) form of T. sessile   HNS occurs sympatrically with the typical unicolored dark brown/black morph. Workers of intermediate color have also been observed, suggesting that the two forms are conspecific. An alternative interpretation is that there are two species which occasionally exchange genes, perhaps analogous to the situation between Forelius mccooki   HNS and F. pruinosus   HNS and between Dorymyrmex bicolor   HNS and D. insanus   HNS .

Species identification: key in Creighton (1950a). Additional references: Meissner and Silverman (2001), Smith (1965), Wang and Brook (1970).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Formicidae

SubFamily

Dolichoderinae

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