Tribe Tapinomini Emery 1913 (ant)

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Formicidae

Full reference: C. Emery. 1913. Hymenoptera, Fam. Formicidae, Subfam. Dolichoderinae. Genera Insectorum 137:1-50

Parent taxon: Dolichoderinae according to V. Perrichot and M. S. Engel 2022

See also Bolton 2003, Bolton 2012, Emery 1913 and Wheeler 1915

Sister taxa: Alloiomma, Asymphylomyrmex, Bothriomyrmecini, Dlusskyus, Dolichoderini, Dolichoderus obliteratus, Elaeomyrmex, Elaphrodites, Eldermyrmex, Emplastus, Eotapinoma, Eurymyrmex, Kotshkorkia, Ktunaxia, Leptomyrmecini, Leptomyrmula, Liometopum, Miomyrmecini, Petraeomyrmex, Proiridomyrmex, Protazteca, Usomyrma, Zherichiniini

Subtaxa: Ctenobethylus Tapinoma Technomyrmex

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Ecology:

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Colombia (2 collections)

• Miocene of China (3), the Dominican Republic (11), Ethiopia (2), Italy (1), Mexico (2), Peru (1)

• Oligocene of Germany (2), the Russian Federation (1)

• Eocene of Germany (2), Lithuania (1), Poland (3), the Russian Federation (15), Ukraine (4)

Total: 50 collections including 58 occurrences

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