Tapinoma melanocephalum
Creators
Description
Tapinoma melanocephalum (Fabricius, 1793)
Formica melanocephala Fabricius, 1793:353.
Worker. Distinctively bicoloured, head brown, alitrunk and gaster pale yellowish with variable brown patches; legs and antennae very pale. Prothorax laterally compressed, broadening anteriorly. Length: 1.5-2 mm.
Queen. Colour as worker. Alitrunk enlarged. Length: 2.5 mm.
Male. Head and dorsum of alitrunk dark, gaster pale with indefinite dark markings, wings and legs very pale. Length: 2.0 mm.
Biology. This is frequently introduced in plant material or produce from the tropics and has occasionally become established in heated or domestic premises in the British Isles. It is a very well known and widely distributed house pest in the tropics where it lives by scavenging.
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Related works
- Is part of
- Journal article: http://publication.plazi.org/id/BD3B0D337E1DDAA0E4761CC6B14CB110 (URL)
- Is source of
- https://sibils.text-analytics.ch/search/collections/plazi/F2D63096F3B7C185D4F78D843A5090C8 (URL)
- https://www.gbif.org/species/100120122 (URL)
Biodiversity
- Family
- Formicidae
- Genus
- Tapinoma
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Hymenoptera
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Species
- melanocephalum
- Taxon rank
- species