Genus Tapinoma

Subfamily: Genus: T. melanocephalum (Fabricus) MN, TC (exotic in greenhouse)
Dolichoderus Tapinoma T. sessile (Say) MN, TC, wide, Cedar creek, McKnight (native prairie ant)

Notes: fast moving, not stingor bite, wide-ranged habitat, nest impermanently and shadowly, ave=2~5k workers & 200 queens, close proximitly to other ants' nests, prefer honeydew

Tapinoma sessile

Profile view of worker.

Genus Tapinoma Foerster ªƒØ‰VDƒ›
indicum Forel, 1895: Chou & Terayama, 1991: 80; - Shattuck, 1994: 145; - Bolton, 1995: 400. ¶L´·SWVD
melanocephalum Fabricius, 1793: Chou & Terayama, 1991: 80; - Shattuck, 1994: 147; - Bolton, . d¬¿YSWVD

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