Overview
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Interesting Facts
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Common Names
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Common Names in English:
Ghost Ant
Taxonomy
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- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Protostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Ecdysozoa
()
- A.M.A. Aguinaldo et al., 1997 ex T. Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Superphylum:
Panarthropoda
()
- Cuvier
- Phylum:
Arthropoda
()
- Latreille, 1829
- Arthropods
- Subphylum:
Mandibulata
()
- Snodgrass, 1938
- Infraphylum:
Atelocerata
()
- Heymons, 1901
- Superclass:
Panhexapoda
()
- Epiclass:
Hexapoda
()
- Subclass:
Dicondylia
()
- Infraclass:
Pterygota
()
- Superorder:
Hymenopterida
()
- Order:
Hymenoptera
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- Suborder:
Apocrita
()
- Superfamily:
Vespoidea
()
- Family:
Formicidae
()
- Latreille, 1809
- Subfamily:
Dolichoderinae
()
- Tribe:
Tapinomini
()
- Genus:
Tapinoma
()
- Förster, 1850
- Specific name:
melanocephalum
- (Fabricius, 1793)
- Scientific name: - Tapinoma melanocephalum (Fabricius, 1793)
- Specific name:
melanocephalum
- (Fabricius, 1793)
- Genus:
Tapinoma
(
- Tribe:
Tapinomini
(
- Subfamily:
Dolichoderinae
(
- Family:
Formicidae
(
- Superfamily:
Vespoidea
(
- Suborder:
Apocrita
(
- Order:
Hymenoptera
(
- Superorder:
Hymenopterida
(
- Infraclass:
Pterygota
(
- Subclass:
Dicondylia
(
- Epiclass:
Hexapoda
(
- Superclass:
Panhexapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Atelocerata
(
- Subphylum:
Mandibulata
(
- Phylum:
Arthropoda
(
- Superphylum:
Panarthropoda
(
- Infrakingdom:
Ecdysozoa
(
- Branch:
Protostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Last scrutiny: 26-Jun-2001
Similar Species
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Members of the genus Tapinoma
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 2 species and subspecies in this genus:
T. melanocephalum (Ghost Ant) · T. sessile (Odorous House Ant)
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Further Reading
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- Abstract of proceedings of the South London Entomological & Natural History Society. London [Eng.]: South London Entomological and Natural History Society, [1885-1896] url p. 126.
- Ants; their structure, development and behavior, by William Morton Wheeler. .. New York, Columbia university press, 1910. url , p. 156.
- Biology and ecology of ants of the genus Aphaenogaster in Florida / by John F. Carroll. 1975. url p. 79, p. 80.
- British ants, their life-history and classification. By H. St. J.K. Donisthorpe. .. With 18 plates and 92 diagrams. Plymouth [Eng.]W. Brendon and Son, limited, 1915. url p. 371, p. 378, p. 379.
- Bulletin of miscellaneous information /Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 1911 London: H.M. Stationery Office, 1900-1941. url p. 368.
- Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. New YorkAmerican Museum of Natural History1881- url p. 1034, p. 110, p. 118, p. 131, p. 150, p. 162, p. 166, p. 242, p. 640.
- Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. 63 1919 Cambridge, Mass.: The Museum, 1863- url p. 100, p. 100, p. 123, p. 204, p. 252, p. 330, p. 352, p. 473, p. 473, p. 480, p. 480, p. 498, p. 498, p. 541, p. 541, p. 56.
- Butterflies. Vol. I-II. / By Lieut.-Colonel C. T. Bingham. Calcutta and Simla, Taylor and Francis;1905-1907. url p. 433.
- Check-list of the species of fishes known from the Philippine Archipelago, Manila, Bureau of printing, 1910. url p. 410.
- Collected papers on ants / by William Morton Wheeler. 1905-1907. url .
- Cooperative economic insect report. Hyattsville, MD. [etc.]Plant Protection and Quarantine Programs Animal and Plant Health Service. url p. 20, p. 96.
- Entomological news. [Philadelphia]American Entomological Society, 1925- url p. 102, p. 14, p. 17.
- Fauna hawaiiensis; Cambridge, Eng., The University press, 1913. url p. 120.
- Hymenoptera. .. London: Taylor and Francis; [etc., etc.], 1897- url p. 304.
- Index to the literature of American economic entomology. Melrose Highlands, Mass. [etc.], American Association of Economic Entomologists [etc.], 1917-62. url p. 360.
- Insect pests of the Lesser Antilles / by H.A. Ballou. Bridgetown, Barbados: Commissioner of Agriculture, 1912. url p. 208.
- Journal of the New York Entomological Society. Lawrence, Kan.: Allen Press [etc.] url p. 316, p. 46.
- Notes from the Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh. 4 1907 Edinburgh: H. M. Stationery Off. url p. 102, p. 52.
- Proceedings - California Academy of Sciences, 4th series. San Francisco, California Academy of Sciences. url p. 262, p. 275, p. 276, p. 376.
- Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, 4th series. San Francisco, California Academy of Sciences. url p. 175, p. 178, p. 260, p. 262, p. 275, p. 276, p. 376, p. 424.
- Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. Washington, etc.: Entomological Society of Washington url , , p. 197, p. 268, p. 342.
- Proceedings of the Hawaiian Entomological Society. Honolulu: Hawaiian Entomological Society url , p. 20, p. 310.
- Proceedings of the United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.] url p. 1023.
- Records of the Indian Museum. Calcutta: Pub. by order of the trustees of the Indian Museum, . 1907-1962. url p. 237.
- Studies in natural history. Iowa City, Ia. url p. 6.
- The Annals and magazine of natural history; zoology, botany, and geology being a continuation of the Annals combined with Loudon and Charlesworth's Magazine of Natural History. London, Taylor and Francis, Ltd. url p. 375.
- The Entomologist's monthly magazine. Oxford [etc.]Entomologist's Monthly Magazine Ltd. [etc.] url , p. 195, p. 262, p. 48.
- The Entomologist. London: Simpkin, Marshall & Co., [1877- url p. 118, p. 184, p. 187.
- The Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. Bombay: The Society, url p. 19, p. 472.
- The Philippine journal of science. Manila: Bureau of Science url p. 410.
- The Review of applied entomology. Farnham Royal, Eng., etc.: Commonwealth Agricultural Bureaux, etc. url p. 170, p. 557.
- Transactions of the Linnean Society of London. London: [The Society], 1879- url p. 164, p. 494.
- Zoologist. London.1843-1916 url p. 277.
Notes
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Contributors
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 16, 2012.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed February 28, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 2 providers.
- Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 28, 2008:
- California Academy of Sciences: AntWeb Collection Catalog
- Ohio State University Insect Collection: Insects
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 1904448
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-586707
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 575124
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 416706
