Summary description from Wikipedia:

Tapinoma melanocephalum in languages:

Arabic

نمل الشبح

Chinese

黑頭慌蟻 (黑頭慌琉璃蟻)

Dutch

Spookdraaigatje

English

Ghost Ant

English

Ghost Ants

German

Schwarzkopfameise

Indonesian

Semut Pudak

Japanese

アワテコヌカアリ

Korean

유령개미

Portuguese

formiga-fantasma

Portuguese

Formiga-do-Açúcar

Swedish

mindre husmyra

Thai

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Parent Taxon

• Tapinoma

Sibling Taxa

• Tapinoma albinase
• Tapinoma ambiguum
• Tapinoma andamanense
• Tapinoma annandalei
• Tapinoma arnoldi
• Tapinoma atriceps
• Tapinoma danitschi
• Tapinoma darioi
• Tapinoma demissum
• Tapinoma dimmocki
• Tapinoma emeryanum
• Tapinoma emeryi
• Tapinoma erraticum
• Tapinoma festae
• Tapinoma geei
• Tapinoma ibericum
• Tapinoma indicum
• Tapinoma israele
• Tapinoma kinburni
• Tapinoma litorale
• Tapinoma lugubre
• Tapinoma luridum
• Tapinoma luteum
• Tapinoma madeirense
• Tapinoma magnum
• Tapinoma melanocephalum
• Tapinoma minimum
• Tapinoma minutum
• Tapinoma modestum
• Tapinoma nigerrimum
• Tapinoma pygmaeum
• Tapinoma ramulorum
• Tapinoma rasenum
• Tapinoma rectinotum
• Tapinoma sahohime
• Tapinoma schreiberi
• Tapinoma schultzei
• Tapinoma sessile
• Tapinoma simrothi
• Tapinoma sinense
• Tapinoma subboreale
• Tapinoma subtile
• Tapinoma wroughtonii

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