Principal component analysis of worker individuals of three Tapinoma species based on 17 morphological characters. T. jandai sp. nov. (crosses), T. pygmaeum of normal pigmentation (black dots), T. pygmaeum with whitish gaster (white dots = the holotype series of T. pithecorum), T. melanocephalum with whitish gaster (white squares), T. melanocephalum with dark gaster (black squares).

 
 
  Part of: Seifert B (2025) Treachery pigmentation pattern leads to misidentification: Tapinoma melanocephalum (Fabricius), Tapinoma pygmaeum (Dufour) and Tapinoma jandai sp. nov. (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Contributions to Entomology 75(2): 245-252. https://doi.org/10.3897/contrib.entomol.75.e154879