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Tapinoma melanocephalum (Fabricius, 1793)

Formica melanocephala Fabricius, 1793:353,Cajennae (Mus. Dom. Bose). - Smith, 1858Smith, F. 1858. Catalogue of Hymenopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part VI. Formicidae. London. 216 pp, 14 pl. (distribution). - As Tapinoma melanocephalum: - Forel, 1893Forel, A. 1893. Les Formicides. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1893:333-418. (distribution); Cockerell, 1893Cockerell, T.D.A. 1893. Additions to the Hymenoptera of Jamaica. Entomological News 4:188-191. (distribution); Ashmead, 1900Ashmead, W.H. 1900. Report upon the aculeate Hymenoptera of the islands of St. Vincent and Grenada, with additions to the parasitic Hymenoptera and a list of the described Hymenoptera of the West Indies. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London pt. II:207-367. (distribution); Wheeler, 1905Wheeler, W.M. 1905. The ants of the Bahamas, with a list of the known West Indian species. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 21:79-135. (distribution); Wheeler, 1908Wheeler, W.M. 1908. The ants of Jamaica. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 24:159-163. (distribution); Wheeler, 1913Wheeler, W.M. 1913. The ants of Cuba. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology LIV (17):477-505. (distribution); Wheeler, 1913Wheeler, W.M. 1913. Ants collected in the West Indies. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 32:239-244. (distribution); Wheeler & Mann, 1914Wheeler, W.M. and W.M. Mann 1914. The ants of Haiti. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 33:1-61. (distribution); Wheeler, 1916Wheeler, W.M. 1916. Ants collected in Trinidad by Professor Roland Thaxter, Mr. F.W. Urich, and others. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 60:323-330. (distribution); Alayo, 1973Alayo, P.D. 1973. Catálogo de los Himenopteros de Cuba. Instituto Cubano del libro, La Habana. 1-218. (distribution); Zayas, 1982Zayas, F. de 1982. Sección Oligoneoptera - Orden Hymenoptera - Orden Strepsiptera. Editorial Científico-Técnica, Ciudad de la Habana. 1-111. (distribution); Deyrup et al., 1988Deyrup, M., N. Carlin, J. Trager & G. Umphrey 1988. A review of the ants of the Florida Keys. The Florida Entomologist 71 (2):163-176. (distribution); Fontenla Rizo & Hernández, 1993Fontenla Rizo, J. L. & Hernández, L.M. 1993. Relaciones de coexistencia en comunidades de hormigas en un agroecosistema de caña de azúcar. Poeyana 438:1-16. (distribution); Fontenla Rizo, 1993Fontenla Rizo, J.L. 1993. Mirmecofauna de Isla de la Juventud y de algunos cayos del archipiélago cubano. Poeyana 444:1-7. (distribution); Fontenla, 1994Fontenla, J.L. 1994. Mirmecofauna de la Península de Hicacos, Cuba. Avicennia 1:79-85. (distribution); Fontenla Rizo, 1995Fontenla Rizo, J.L. 1995. Reflexiones sobre las hormigas “vagabundas” de Cuba. Cocuyo 3:11-22. (distribution); Fernández Triana et al., 2002Fernández Triana, J.L., H. Saríol, M.A. Vega Castillo, S. Ricardo & M. González 2002. Datos preliminares sobre la biodiversidad del orden Hymenoptera en la provincia Granma, Cuba. Boletín de la Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa 31:43-48. (distribution); Starr & Hook, 2003Starr, C.K. & Hook, A.W. 2003. The aculeate Hymenoptera of Trinidad, West Indies. Occasional Papers o the Department of Life Sciences, University of the West Indies 12:1-31. (distribution); Esser, J. et al., 2004Esser, J., A. Jakubzik & H. Sonnenburg 2004. Stechimmen (Hymenoptera: Aculeata) in Nordrhein-Westfalen: Änderungen gegenüber dem Verzeichnis der Hautflügler Deutschlands. bembiX 18:13-23. (distribution); Portuondo Ferrer & Fernández Triana, 2004Portuondo Ferrer, E. & J.L. Fernández Triana 2004. Biodiversidad del orden Hymenoptera en los macizos montañosos de Cuba oriental. Boletín de la Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa 35:121-136. (distribution); Fernández & Sendoya, 2004Fernández, F. & S. Sendoya 2004. List of Neotropical ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Biota Colombiana 5 (1):3-93. (distribution); Reyes, 2005Reyes, J.L. 2005. Inventario de la colección de hormigas (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) del Centro Oriental de Ecosistemas y Biodiversidad, Santiago de Cuba, Cuba. Boletín de la Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa 36:279-283. (distribution); Snelling, 2005Snelling, R.R. 2005. Wasps, ants, and bees: Aculeate Hymenoptera. In: Lazell, J. (Ed.). Island: Fact and Theory in Nature. 283-296. (distribution); Fong et al., 2005 2005. Cuba: Parque Nacional 'Alejandro de Humboldt'. Rapid Biological Inventories Report 14. The Field Museum, Chicago. 1-368. (distribution); Fong et al., 2005 2005. Cuba: Siboney-Juticí. Rapid Biological Inventories Report 10. The Field Museum, Chicago. 1-209. (distribution); Maceira et al., 2005 2005. Cuba: Parque Nacional La Bayamesa. Rapid Biological Inventories Report 13. The Field Museum, Chicago. 1-242. (distribution); Maceira et al., 2005 2005. Cuba: Pico Mogote. Rapid Biological Inventories Report 09. The Field Museum, Chicago. 1-190. (distribution); Perez-Gelabert, 2008Perez-Gelabert, D.E. 2008. Arthropods of Hispaniola (Dominican Republic and Haiti): A checklist and bibliography. Zootaxa 1831:1-530. (distribution); Naranjo López et al., 2009Naranjo López, C., Cruz Portorreal, Y. & Mayea Martinez, Y. 2009. Artrópodos presentes en la putrefacción de cadáveres de cerdos (Sus scrofa) en Santiago de Cuba, Cuba. Boletín de la Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa 44:441-447. (distribution); Reyes, 2010Reyes, J.L. 2010. Apuntes sobre una comunidad de hormigas sinantrópicas en Santiago de Cuba (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Cocuyo 18:44-47. (distribution); Collingwood, Agosti, Sharaf & van Harten, 2011Collingwood, C.A., Agosti, D., Sharaf, M.R. & A. van Harten 2011. Order Hymenoptera, family Formicidae. In: van Harten, A. (Ed.). Arthropod fauna of the UAE. 405-474. (distribution, listed); Fontenla Rizo & Matienzo Brito, 2011Fontenla Rizo, J.L. & Matienzo Brito, Y. 2011. Hormigas invasoras y vagabundas de Cuba. Fitosanidad 15 (4):253-259. (distribution); Silvestre et al., 2014Silvestre, R., M.F. Demétrio, B.M. Trad, F. Varussa & O. Lima 2014. Diversity and distribution of Hymenoptera Aculeata in Midwestern Brazilian dry forests. In: Greer, F.E. (Ed.). Dry Forests. 29-80. (distribution); Galkowski, 2016Galkowski, C. 2016. Notes sur les fourmis de Guadeloupe (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Bull. Soc. linn. Bordeaux 44 (1):25-36. (distribution); Fontenla & Alfonso-Simonetti, 2018Fontenla, J.L. & J. Alfonso-Simonetti 2018. Classification of cuban ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) into functional groups. Poeyana 506:21-30. (distribution); García-Avendaño & Guerrero, 2018García-Avendaño, E.I. & R.J. Guerrero 2018. Taxonomía y distribución de las hormigas del género Tapinoma (Formicidae: Dolichoderinae) en Colombia. Revista Colombiana de Entomología 44 (2):223-237. (distribution); Lubertazzi, 2019Lubertazzi, D. 2019. The ants of Hispaniola. Museum of Comparative Zoology 162 (2):59-210. (distribution); Perez-Gelabert, 2020Perez-Gelabert, D.E. 2020. Checklist, bibliography and quantitative data of the arthropods of Hispaniola. Zootaxa 4749:1-668. (distribution); Meurgey & Ramage, 2020Meurgey, F. & T. Ramage 2020. Challenging the Wallacean shortfall: A total assessment of insect diversity on Guadeloupe (French West Indies), a checklist and bibliography. Insecta Mundi 786:1-183. (distribution); AntWeb, 2023AntWeb 2023. Ants. . (distribution). - As Tapinoma melanocephalus:
Formica nana Jerdon, 1851:125
Myrmica pellucida Smith, 1857:71
Formica familiaris Smith, 1860:96
Tapinoma melanocephalum coronatum Forel, 1908:62 - Fernández & Sendoya, 2004Fernández, F. & S. Sendoya 2004. List of Neotropical ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Biota Colombiana 5 (1):3-93. (distribution); AntWeb, 2023AntWeb 2023. Ants. . (distribution).
Tapinoma melanocephalum malesiana Forel, 1913:93
Tapinoma melanocephalum australis Santschi, 1928:53
Neoclystopsenella luffae Kurian, 1955:133

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Literature

  • Alayo, P.D. 1973. Catálogo de los Himenopteros de Cuba. Instituto Cubano del libro, La Habana. 1-218.
  • AntWeb 2023. Ants. .
  • Ashmead, W.H. 1900. Report upon the aculeate Hymenoptera of the islands of St. Vincent and Grenada, with additions to the parasitic Hymenoptera and a list of the described Hymenoptera of the West Indies. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London pt. II:207-367.
  • Cockerell, T.D.A. 1893. Additions to the Hymenoptera of Jamaica. Entomological News 4:188-191.
  • Collingwood, C.A., Agosti, D., Sharaf, M.R. & A. van Harten 2011. Order Hymenoptera, family Formicidae. In: van Harten, A. (Ed.). Arthropod fauna of the UAE. 405-474.
  • Deyrup, M., N. Carlin, J. Trager & G. Umphrey 1988. A review of the ants of the Florida Keys. The Florida Entomologist 71 (2):163-176.
  • Esser, J., A. Jakubzik & H. Sonnenburg 2004. Stechimmen (Hymenoptera: Aculeata) in Nordrhein-Westfalen: Änderungen gegenüber dem Verzeichnis der Hautflügler Deutschlands. bembiX 18:13-23.
  • Fabricius, J.C. 1793. Entomologia Systematica emendata et aucta. Vol. 2. Christian Gottlieb Proft, Hafniae. viii + 519 pp.
  • Fernández Triana, J.L., H. Saríol, M.A. Vega Castillo, S. Ricardo & M. González 2002. Datos preliminares sobre la biodiversidad del orden Hymenoptera en la provincia Granma, Cuba. Boletín de la Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa 31:43-48.
  • Fernández, F. & S. Sendoya 2004. List of Neotropical ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Biota Colombiana 5 (1):3-93.
  • 2005. Cuba: Parque Nacional 'Alejandro de Humboldt'. Rapid Biological Inventories Report 14. The Field Museum, Chicago. 1-368.
  • 2005. Cuba: Siboney-Juticí. Rapid Biological Inventories Report 10. The Field Museum, Chicago. 1-209.
  • Fontenla Rizo, J. L. & Hernández, L.M. 1993. Relaciones de coexistencia en comunidades de hormigas en un agroecosistema de caña de azúcar. Poeyana 438:1-16.
  • Fontenla Rizo, J.L. 1993. Mirmecofauna de Isla de la Juventud y de algunos cayos del archipiélago cubano. Poeyana 444:1-7.
  • Fontenla Rizo, J.L. 1995. Reflexiones sobre las hormigas “vagabundas” de Cuba. Cocuyo 3:11-22.
  • Fontenla Rizo, J.L. & Matienzo Brito, Y. 2011. Hormigas invasoras y vagabundas de Cuba. Fitosanidad 15 (4):253-259.
  • Fontenla, J.L. 1994. Mirmecofauna de la Península de Hicacos, Cuba. Avicennia 1:79-85.
  • Fontenla, J.L. & J. Alfonso-Simonetti 2018. Classification of cuban ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) into functional groups. Poeyana 506:21-30.
  • Forel, A. 1893. Les Formicides. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1893:333-418.
  • Forel, A. 1908. Fourmis de Costa-Rica récoltées par M. Paul Biolley. Bulletin de la Société Vaudoise des Sciences Naturelles 44:35-72.
  • Forel, A. 1913. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse einer Forschungsreise nach Ostindien ausgeführt im Auftrage der Kgl. Preuss. Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin von H. v. Buttel-Reepen. II. Ameisen aus Sumatra, Java, Malacca und Ceylon. Gesammelt von Herrn Prof. Dr. v. Buttel-Reepen in den Jahren 1911-1912. Zoologische Jahrbücher. Abteilung für Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Tiere 36:1-148.
  • Galkowski, C. 2016. Notes sur les fourmis de Guadeloupe (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Bull. Soc. linn. Bordeaux 44 (1):25-36.
  • García-Avendaño, E.I. & R.J. Guerrero 2018. Taxonomía y distribución de las hormigas del género Tapinoma (Formicidae: Dolichoderinae) en Colombia. Revista Colombiana de Entomología 44 (2):223-237.
  • Jerdon, T.C. 1851. A catalogue of the species of ants found in Southern India. Madras J. Lit. Sci. 17:103-127.
  • Lubertazzi, D. 2019. The ants of Hispaniola. Museum of Comparative Zoology 162 (2):59-210.
  • 2005. Cuba: Pico Mogote. Rapid Biological Inventories Report 09. The Field Museum, Chicago. 1-190.
  • 2005. Cuba: Parque Nacional La Bayamesa. Rapid Biological Inventories Report 13. The Field Museum, Chicago. 1-242.
  • Meurgey, F. & T. Ramage 2020. Challenging the Wallacean shortfall: A total assessment of insect diversity on Guadeloupe (French West Indies), a checklist and bibliography. Insecta Mundi 786:1-183.
  • Naranjo López, C., Cruz Portorreal, Y. & Mayea Martinez, Y. 2009. Artrópodos presentes en la putrefacción de cadáveres de cerdos (Sus scrofa) en Santiago de Cuba, Cuba. Boletín de la Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa 44:441-447.
  • Perez-Gelabert, D.E. 2008. Arthropods of Hispaniola (Dominican Republic and Haiti): A checklist and bibliography. Zootaxa 1831:1-530.
  • Perez-Gelabert, D.E. 2020. Checklist, bibliography and quantitative data of the arthropods of Hispaniola. Zootaxa 4749:1-668.
  • Portuondo Ferrer, E. & J.L. Fernández Triana 2004. Biodiversidad del orden Hymenoptera en los macizos montañosos de Cuba oriental. Boletín de la Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa 35:121-136.
  • Reyes, J.L. 2005. Inventario de la colección de hormigas (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) del Centro Oriental de Ecosistemas y Biodiversidad, Santiago de Cuba, Cuba. Boletín de la Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa 36:279-283.
  • Reyes, J.L. 2010. Apuntes sobre una comunidad de hormigas sinantrópicas en Santiago de Cuba (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Cocuyo 18:44-47.
  • Silvestre, R., M.F. Demétrio, B.M. Trad, F. Varussa & O. Lima 2014. Diversity and distribution of Hymenoptera Aculeata in Midwestern Brazilian dry forests. In: Greer, F.E. (Ed.). Dry Forests. 29-80.
  • Smith, F. 1858. Catalogue of Hymenopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part VI. Formicidae. London. 216 pp, 14 pl.
  • Snelling, R.R. 2005. Wasps, ants, and bees: Aculeate Hymenoptera. In: Lazell, J. (Ed.). Island: Fact and Theory in Nature. 283-296.
  • Starr, C.K. & Hook, A.W. 2003. The aculeate Hymenoptera of Trinidad, West Indies. Occasional Papers o the Department of Life Sciences, University of the West Indies 12:1-31.
  • Wheeler, W.M. 1905. The ants of the Bahamas, with a list of the known West Indian species. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 21:79-135.
  • Wheeler, W.M. 1908. The ants of Jamaica. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 24:159-163.
  • Wheeler, W.M. 1913. Ants collected in the West Indies. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 32:239-244.
  • Wheeler, W.M. 1913. The ants of Cuba. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology LIV (17):477-505.
  • Wheeler, W.M. 1916. Ants collected in Trinidad by Professor Roland Thaxter, Mr. F.W. Urich, and others. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 60:323-330.
  • Wheeler, W.M. and W.M. Mann 1914. The ants of Haiti. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 33:1-61.
  • Zayas, F. de 1982. Sección Oligoneoptera - Orden Hymenoptera - Orden Strepsiptera. Editorial Científico-Técnica, Ciudad de la Habana. 1-111.