Ghost Ant Tapinoma melanocephalum

Photo: Mark Yokoyama

Classification

Tapinoma [genus]
(1 species)

melanocephalum [species] (2)

Tapinoma melanocephalum subsp. coronatum [subspecies]

Tapinoma melanocephalum subsp. melanocephalum [subspecies]

Tapinoma [genus]
(1 species)

melanocephalum [species] (2)

Tapinoma melanocephalum subsp. coronatum [subspecies]

Tapinoma melanocephalum subsp. melanocephalum [subspecies]

Recorded on	Aruba
	Bonaire
	Curaçao
	Saba
	Sint Eustatius
	Sint Maarten

Presence status	Indigenous (1) - Sint Eustatius
	Introduced (2) - Aruba
	Introduced (2) - Bonaire
	Introduced (2) - Curaçao
	Introduced (2) - Saba
	Introduced (2) - Sint Maarten

Distribution description	Unknown origin, nowadays worldwide spreaded, but most likely invasive to the West Indies.

Boer, P. sine anno. Ants of Aruba, species list. [link]
Boer, P. sine anno. Ants of Sint Eustatius, species list. [link]
Boer, P. sine anno. Ants of Sint Maarten / Saint Martin, species list. [link]
Boer, P. & Boer, M.J.A. 2019. The ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Saba (Netherlands Antilles). 26. Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Leiden, The Netherlands. [link]
Buurt, G. van, & Debrot, A.O. 2012. Introduced agricultural pests, plant and animals diseases and vectors in the Dutch Caribbean, with an “Alert species” list. 1-35. IMARES, Wageningen.
Wetterer, J.K. 2009. Worldwide spread of the ghost ant, Tapinoma melanocephalum (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Myrmecological News 12: 23-33.