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Tapinoma
| Description | Tapinoma (from Greek ταπείνωμα low position) is a genus of ants that belongs to the subfamily Dolichoderinae. The genus currently comprises 74 described species distributed worldwide in tropical and temperate regions. Members of are generalized foragers, nesting in a wide variety of habitats, ranging from grasslands, open fields, woodlands, to inside buildings. The majority of species nest in the ground under objects such as stones or tree logs, other species build nests under bark of logs and stumps, in plant cavities, insect galls or refuse piles. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tapinoma, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Rank | genus | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Hymenoptera : Formicidae : Tapinoma | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Hymenoptera : Formicidae : Tapinoma | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Scientific Name | Tapinoma Foerster, 1850 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Name Published In | Hymenopt. Studien, 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extant | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Extant Size (PBDB) | 1 (17%) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 38.0 - 33.9 Ma Paleogene | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Environment | terrestrial (based on Insecta) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | actively mobile (based on Arthropoda) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | chitin (based on Insecta) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | J. F. Zhang. 1989. Fossil Insects From Shanwang, Shandong, China | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Common Name(s) | Kvickmyror, Draaigatjes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tapinoma |
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Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Tapinoma aberrans ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 38.0 Ma Eocene | 38.0 Ma Eocene | |
| Tapinoma acuminatum species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Tapinoma aenescens species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Tapinoma amazonae species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Tapinoma amazone species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Tapinoma ambiguum species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Tapinoma andamanense species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Tapinoma annandalei species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Tapinoma antarcticum species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Tapinoma arnoldi species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Tapinoma atriceps species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Tapinoma baculum ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 20.4 Ma Miocene | 20.4 Ma Miocene | |
| Tapinoma boreale species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Tapinoma canalis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Tapinoma carininotum species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Tapinoma chiaromontei species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Tapinoma christophi species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Tapinoma collina species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Tapinoma danitschi species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Tapinoma darioi species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Tapinoma demissum species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Tapinoma electrinum ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 38.0 Ma Eocene | 38.0 Ma Eocene | |
| Tapinoma emeryanum species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Tapinoma emeryi species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Tapinoma epinotale species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Tapinoma erraticum species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Tapinoma festae species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Tapinoma flavidum species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Tapinoma fragile species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Tapinoma funiculare species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Tapinoma geei species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Tapinoma gibbosum species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Tapinoma glabrata species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Tapinoma glaucum species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Tapinoma gracilescens species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Tapinoma heyeri species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Tapinoma ibericum species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Tapinoma indet species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Tapinoma indicum species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Tapinoma inrectum species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Tapinoma israele species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Tapinoma karavaievi species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Tapinoma kinburni species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Tapinoma litorale species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Tapinoma luffae species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Tapinoma lugubre species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Tapinoma luridum species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Tapinoma luteum species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Tapinoma madeirense species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Tapinoma magnum species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Tapinoma melanocephalum species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Tapinoma menozzii species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Tapinoma meridional species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Tapinoma minimum species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Tapinoma minor species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Tapinoma minutissimum ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 11.6 Ma Miocene | 11.6 Ma Miocene | |
| Tapinoma minutum species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Tapinoma modestum species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Tapinoma muelleri species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Tapinoma nigerrimum species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Tapinoma nigrum species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Tapinoma nitida species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Tapinoma opacum species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Tapinoma orthocephalum species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Tapinoma pallipes species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Tapinoma panamense species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Tapinoma philippinense species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Tapinoma pomonae species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Tapinoma pomone species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Tapinoma pruinosum species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Tapinoma pygmaeum species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Tapinoma ramulorum species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Tapinoma rasenum species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Tapinoma rectinotum species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Tapinoma rottnestense species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Tapinoma schreiberi species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Tapinoma schultzei species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Tapinoma sessile species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Tapinoma sessilis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Tapinoma silvestrii species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Tapinoma simrothi species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Tapinoma sinense species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Tapinoma subboreale species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Tapinoma subtile species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Tapinoma troche ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 20.4 Ma Miocene | 20.4 Ma Miocene | |
| Tapinoma vexatum species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Tapinoma vividula species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Tapinoma voeltzkowi species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Tapinoma wellmani species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Tapinoma wheeleri species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Tapinoma wroughtonii species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1850 | Tapinoma Forster |
| 1913 | Tapinoma Emery p. 38 |
| 1989 | Tapinoma Zhang p. 283 |
| 2003 | Tapinoma Bolton p. 19 |
| 2007 | Tapinoma Solórzano Kraemer p. 40 |
| 2012 | Tapinoma Bolton |
References
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
