Where does the Black-headed ant live?

Tapinoma melanocephalum has 7,216 records in 143 countries and territories, from 1793 to 2026. Most records come from United States.

7,216 records
143 places
92 years recorded
Insecta class

AnimaliaArthropodaInsectaHymenopteraFormicidaeTapinoma

When it is recorded

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Peak month: March. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Records over time

17932026

Recording effort has risen steeply almost everywhere since the 1990s, so a rising line usually shows more observers rather than more animals.

Where it is recorded

Place	Records	Share
United States	1,098
Colombia	511
Mexico	333
Madagascar	308
Ghana	260
Brazil	241
Malaysia	240
India	221
Costa Rica	218
Ecuador	202
Australia	165
Puerto Rico	148
Bangladesh	133
French Polynesia	132
Fiji	119
Thailand	119
Guam	118
Hong Kong	104
Taiwan	94
Philippines	85
Indonesia	84
Solomon Islands	83
Réunion	78
China	77
Trinidad & Tobago	75
ZZ	74
Seychelles	72
Panama	64
Macao	63
Spain	60
Papua New Guinea	60
US Virgin Islands	54
Jamaica	52
Comoros	49
Singapore	48
Côte d'Ivoire	46
Peru	46
Mayotte	46
Dominican Republic	45
Antigua & Barbuda	40

Showing the top 40 of 143 places.

Related animals

Others in the family Formicidae.

Status from the records: resident
Recorded across many years and months — an established presence. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.