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Tapinoma melanocephalum
Minibeast photographs and field observations.
Species notes
About Tapinoma melanocephalum
Tapinoma melanocephalum (also recorded as Ghost Ant) is an accepted species in the family Formicidae, within the order Hymenoptera. Checklist records aggregated by GBIF list it from Galápagos Islands, Reunion, National Park of American Samoa, Anguilla, Austria, Flemish Region, Walloon Region, and Belgium. Bees, ants and wasps belong to Hymenoptera, a varied order that includes pollinators, predators, parasitoids and social colony-forming species.
- Common name
- Ghost Ant
- Family
- Formicidae
- Order
- Hymenoptera
- Identification rank
- Species
- Recorded distribution
- Galápagos Islands, Reunion, National Park of American Samoa, Anguilla, Austria, Flemish Region, Walloon Region, Belgium
Taxonomy source: GBIF Backbone Taxonomy