Ghost ant (Tapinoma melanocephalum)

Profile view of ant Tapinoma melanocephalum
Photograph by April Nobile © AntWeb.org / CC-BY-SA-3.0. (view image details)

Ghost ant | Tapinoma melanocephalum photo

Dorsal view of ant Tapinoma melanocephalum
Photograph by Erin Prado © AntWeb.org / CC-BY-SA-3.0. (view image details)

Ghost ant | Tapinoma melanocephalum photo

Head view of ant Tapinoma melanocephalum
Photograph by April Nobile © AntWeb.org / CC-BY-SA-3.0. (view image details)

Ghost ant | Tapinoma melanocephalum photo

Tapinoma melanocephalum' workers, feeding on a piece of apple, in the terraristic section of Cologne Zoo, Germany.
Photograph by Sarefo. Some rights reserved. (view image details)

GHOST ANT FACTS

Classification

Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Genus:	Tapinoma
Species:	melanocephalum
Common Name:	Ghost ant

Relatives in same Genus
Odorous house ant (T. sessile)

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