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Ghost Ant, Tapinoma melanocephalum (Fabricius) (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

J. C. Nickerson, C. L. Bloomcamp, and R. M. Pereira


Release Date: 2/20/2022

Reviewed At: 2/4/2025

DOI: 10.32473/edis-in532-2003

Agriculture

Abstract

A UF/IFAS numbered Organism ID. in support of UF/IFAS Extension program: Integrated Pest Management

About this Publication

This document is EENY310 (modified from a document originally published as DPI Entomology Circular 307), one of a series of the Department of Entomology and Nematology, UF/IFAS Extension. Original publication date October 2003. Revised December 2009 and February 2022. Visit the EDIS website at https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu for the currently supported version of this publication.

About the Authors

J. C. Nickerson, Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Division of Plant Industry; C. L. Bloomcamp, Syngenta; and R. M. Pereira, Extension professor, Department of Entomology and Nematology; UF/IFAS Extension, Gainesville, FL 32611.

How to Cite

Nickerson, J. C., Bloomcamp, C. L., & Fasulo, T. R. (1969). Ghost Ant, Tapinoma melanocephalum (Fabricius) (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Formicidae). EDIS, 2004(14). https://doi.org/10.32473/edis-in532-2003

Authors

J Nickerson
J Nickerson
R. Pereira
R. Pereira

Extension professor emeritus and former FPMA endowed professor, Department of Entomology and Nematology

Contacts

Johnalyn Gordon
Johnalyn Gordon
Specialist
University of Florida

assistant professor, urban entomology, Department of Entomology and Nematology, UF/IFAS Fort Lauderdale Research and Education Center, Davie, FL

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