Species

Tapinoma sessile (Odorous house ant)

Tapinoma sessile. Photo: (c) Alex Bairstow, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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Tapinoma sessile is a species of small ant that goes by the common names odorous house ant, sugar ant, stink ant, and coconut ant. Their colonies are polydomous (consist of multiple nests) and polygynous (contain multiple reproducing queens). Like many social insects, T. sessile employs complex foraging strategies, allocates food depending on environmental conditions, and engages in competition with other insect species.

Humboldt Life
- Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
  - Phylum: Arthropoda (Arthropods)
    - Subphylum: Hexapoda (Hexapods)
      - Class: Insecta (Insects)
        Subclass: Pterygota (Winged and once-winged insects)
        Order: Hymenoptera (Ants, bees, wasps, and sawflies)
        Suborder: Apocrita (Narrow-waisted wasps, ants, and bees)
        Infraorder: Aculeata (Ants, bees, and stinging wasps)
        Superfamily: Formicoidea
        Family: Formicidae (Ants)
        Subfamily: Dolichoderinae (Odorous ants)
        Tribe: Tapinomini
        Genus: Tapinoma
        Species: Tapinoma sessile (Odorous house ant)

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