1	Larger species, TL more than 2.0 mm; color darker, uniformly blackish brown or black	Tapinoma simrothi Krausse
–	Smaller species, TL less than 2.0 mm; uniformly pale yellow or brownish yellow, or at least with gaster yellow	2
2	Propodeum in profile with the transition from dorsum to declivity sharply defined, the declivity concave and the angle with a raised apex; brownish yellow or yellowish with very faint brownish tint on head dorsum, appendages clear yellow	Tapinoma wilsoni sp. n.
–	Propodeum in profile with the transition from dorsum to declivity no more than a rounded angle; head and mesosoma dark yellowish-brown, gaster yellow	Tapinoma melanocephalum (Fabricius)