Hymenoptera Formicidae of Guam Author Swezey, O. H. Experiment Station, Hawaiian Sugar Planters' Association, Honolulu text 1942 1942-06-01 Bernice P. Bishop Museum Honolulu, Hawaii Insects of Guam I 175 183 book chapter 4949 10.5281/zenodo.5160270 6dc2872d-cbab-4982-baed-c0969e3e3236 5160270 C4A38F8E-02D3-48C2-BA54-527B7B7E8E1B *22. Tapinoma melanocephalum (Fabricius) . Formica melanocephalum Fabricius , Ent. Syst. 2 : 353 , 1793 . Tapinoma melanocephalum (Fabricius) Bingham , Fauna Brit. India , Hymenopt. 2 : 304 , 1903 . Wheeler , New York Ent. Soc., Jour. 20 : 46 , 1912 ; B. P. Bishop Mus., 0cc. Papers 11 ( 11 ): 36 , 1935 . Piti Hills , May 1 , Usinger ; Mt. Tenjo , May 3 , Swezey ; Mt. Alifan , June 27 , iri rotten log, Swezey ; Sumay Road , June 23 , in rotten stump of Lu 11initzera, Swezey ; Piti , July 30 , 31, Sept. 26 , in garden, Oct. 23 , in cane field, Oct. 27 , in dead bamboo, Swezey ; Fadian , Aug. 19 , Swezey ; Machanao , Aug. 11 , Swezey ; Fonte Valley , Aug. 7 , Swezey . A very small pale pantropical ant, widely distributed throughout the Pacific area and the tropics of both hemispheres. Collected by Fullaway in Guam in 1911 . Common in many situations.