Tapinoma sessile

Common names: odorous house ant

Taxonomy: Animalia > Arthropoda > Insecta > Hymenoptera > Formicidae

Roles: mutualist, study subject, competitor, ant, mutualist partner, carcass utilizer, predator, herbivore deterrent

ITIS TSN: 154244

Synonyms: T. sessile, Dolichoderinae, Tapinoma Sessile, Tapinoma sessile

External: RMBL Collections · iNaturalist · iDigBio · GenBank

Papers: 71 | Mentions: 79

Local Knowledge Graph (Top 77 entities)

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Publications (73)

student_paper

Predation of Aphids (Aphis asclepiadis) by Syrphid Flies on Osha (Ligusticum porteri)

2026Role: aphid mutualist (ant-tending)

article

Wind-driven seed dispersal differentially promotes seed trapping and retention across alpine plants

2026American Journal of BotanyRole: text_match

student_paper

Alpine plants of Mt. Baldy: modeling phenology and documenting biodiversity

2025Role: text_match

article

Different aspects of dominance are not equivalent when testing for trade-offs in ant communities

2025Ecology and EvolutionRole: study subject

article

Responses to climate change – insights and limitations from herbaceous plant model species

2025New PhytologistRole: text_match

student_paper

The effects of drought on wildflower size and seed set

2025Role: text_match

student_paper

The role of soil in regulating plant performance in Valeriana edulis

2025Role: text_match

student_paper

Associations Between Deer Browse and Aphid Colonization in a Long-Term Monitoring Study of Liguisticum porteri

Documents (4)

wildlife survey

An Illustrated Guide to the Proposed Threatened and Endangered Plant Species in Colorado

Document

Guide to the Willows of Shoshone National Forest

technical report

Native Grasses

technical report

Toxic Waste Papers- John Cairns

Co-occurring Species

2024Role: study subject

student_paper

Variation of wasp behavior patterns and pollination behavior on Ligusticum porteri

2024Role: text_match

article

Differences in individual flowering time change pollen limitation and seed set in three montane wildflowers

2023American Journal of BotanyRole: text_match

thesis

Effects of microclimate, dispersal, species interactions, and environmental stochasticity on demography

2023Role: text_match

student_paper

Talking Yeast: The characterization of bumblebee- and nectar- specialist yeast volatiles in Corydalis caseana

2023Role: text_match

student_paper

Floral phenotypic response of Ipomopsis aggregata and related hybrids to changing soil moisture and nitrogen enrichment

2022Role: text_match

article

The Evolution and Ecology of Interactions Between Ants and Honeydew-Producing Hemipteran Insects

2022The Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and SystematicsRole: text_match

student_paper

Effects of high temperature and early snowmelt on floral morphology and volatile organic compounds in Ipomopsis aggregata

2021Role: text_match

article

From Insects to Frogs, Egg–Juvenile Recruitment Can Have Persistent Effects on Population Sizes

2021Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and SystematicsRole: text_match

student_paper

Nowcasting the distribution of Valeriana edulis using climate driven population models

2021Role: text_match

article

Are ants botanists? Ant associative learning of plant chemicals mediates foraging for carbohydrates

2020Ecological EntomologyRole: study subject

article

Early snowmelt reduces aphid abundance Aphis asclepiadis by creating water stressed host plants Ligusticum porteri and altering interactions with ants

2020Arthropod-Plant InteractionsRole: mutualist

thesis

Climate change, phenological shifts, and species interactions: Case studies in subalpine plant and migratory fish populations

2019Role: text_match

student_paper

Does Aphis asclepiadis colony size mediate Formica rufa and Tapinoma sessile competition for mutualist aphids

2019Role: mutualist partner

article

Elevated temperatures alter an ant aphid mutualism

2019Entomologia Experimentalis et ApplicataRole: study subject

article

Elevational cline in herbivore abundance driven by a monotonic increase in trophic level sensitivity to aridity

2019Journal of Animal EcologyRole: mutualist

student_paper

Mapping the range shifts of East River Valley caddisflies (Trichoptera)

2019Role: text_match

article

Plant chemical mediation of ant behavior

2019Current Opinion in Insect ScienceRole: study subject

article

Progressive sensitivity of trophic levels to warming underlies an elevational gradient in ant–aphid mutualism strength

2019OikosRole: competitor

thesis

Snowmelt affects aphid (Aphis asclepladis) populations through soil moisture and host plant phenology

2019Role: text_match

thesis

Snowmelt affects aphid (Aphis asclepladis) populations through soil moisture and host plant phenology

2019Role: study subject

thesis

Stoichiometry and infectious disease: Linking chemical elements and parasitic interactions

2019Role: text_match

thesis

The effects of climate change and biodiversity loss on mutualisms

2019Role: text_match

student_paper

Are ants botanists?: Ant associative learning of plant volatiles

2018Role: study subject

student_paper

Effects of Ant Presence on Nicrophorus investigatorâ€™s Reproductive Success

2018Role: competitor

article

Using ecological stoichiometry to understand and predict infectious diseases

2018OikosRole: text_match

student_paper

A Comparative Analysis of Saxicolous Lichen Diversity and Cover along an Elevation Gradient on Talus Slopes in Gunnison National Forest to Infer Possible Climate Change Effects

2017Role: text_match

article

Multitrophic interactions mediate theÂ effects ofÂ climate change onÂ herbivore abundance

2017OecologiaRole: mutualist

student_paper

Native ant (Formica rufa, Formica fusca), Nicrophorus spp. interactions at small mammal carcass resources in the southern Rocky Mountains, Gunnison National Forest, Colorado.

2017Role: carcass utilizer

article

Plant-pollinator interactions under climate change: the use of spatial and temporal transplants

2017Applications in Plant SciencesRole: text_match

student_paper

The ability of ants to associatively learn based on olfactory chemical cues produced by plants.

2017Role: study subject

thesis

Competitive context drives pollinator behavior: linking foraging plasticity, natural pollen deposition, and plant reproduction.

2016Role: text_match

student_paper

Effects of Helianthella quinquenervis Extrafloral Nectaries on Ant Abundance and Community Structure

2016Role: study subject

article

Geographic divergence in upper thermal limits across insect life stages: does behavior matter?

2016OecologiaRole: text_match

student_paper

The effects of Na pulses on subalpine ecosystems

2016Role: study subject

thesis

Adaptation to climate and climate change in Rocky Mountain butterflies: Morphology, physiology, and behavior

2015Role: text_match

article

Competition for pollination and the evolution of flowering time

2015American NaturalistRole: text_match

article

Bringing the male side of plant sex into focus

2014American NaturalistRole: text_match

article

Changes in ant community composition caused by 20 years of experimental warming vs.13 years of natural climate shift

2014EcosphereRole: study subject

student_paper

Consequences of Pollination Neighborhood Composition and Pollinator Communities

2014Role: text_match

student_paper

Abiotic and multitrophic determinants of geographic distribution in an herbivorous insect

2013Role: predator

student_paper

Genetic variation in plant functional traits as drivers in arthropod community structure

2013Role: text_match

article

Mechanisms underlying plant sexual dimorphism in multi-trophic arthropod communities

2013EcologyRole: ant

student_paper

Role of floral nectaries and plant sex in mediating ant-aphid interactions on Valeriana edulis

2011Role: study subject

chapter

The Ecology of Place

2011Role: text_match

chapter

The Ecology of Place

2011Role: text_match

student_paper

The effect of ant tending on the fitness of aphids during and after colony establishment

2011Role: mutualist

student_paper

Species Interactions in Arthropod Communities: Density Dependence and Ant Interactions on Aphid Per Capita Population Growth

2010Role: study subject

student_paper

A balanced diet: Effects of ant (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) nutritional state on the balance between mutualism and predation upon aphids (Hemiptera: Aphididae)

2009Role: study subject

student_paper

Protection at a price? Ant interactions with pollinators on aspen sunflower (Helianthella quinquenervis)

2009Role: herbivore deterrent

student_paper

Variation in host plant sex mediates ant-aphid interactions

2009Role: mutualist

article

Bridging the generation gap in plants: pollination, parental fecundity, and offspring demography

2008EcologyRole: text_match

article

Consumptive and non-consumptive effects of predators on metacommunities of competing prey

2008EcologyRole: text_match

thesis

Reciprocal benefits in a plant-pollinator mutualism

2008Role: text_match

student_paper

Effects of the nuisance diatom Didymosphenia geminata on invertebrates in a Rocky Mountain stream

2007Role: text_match

article

Assessing the quality of different ant species as partners of a myrmecophilous butterfly

2001OecologiaRole: mutualist partner

article

Untangling multiple factors in spatial distributions: Lilies, gophers, and rocks

1996EcologyRole: text_match

article

The organization of zooplankton epibiont communities

1993Trends in Ecology and EvolutionRole: text_match

article

Optimal outcrossing in Ipomopsis aggregata: seed set and offspring fitness

1989EvolutionRole: text_match

student_paper

Seed protection by ants foraging on the extrafloral nectaries of the aspen sunflower, Helianthella quinquenervis

1989Role: mutualist

article

Dual function of the eliasome of Corydalis aurea (Fumariaceae): attraction of dispersal agents and repulsion of Peromyscus maniculatus, a seed predator

1986American Journal of BotanyRole: text_match

article

Dual function of the eliasome of Corydalis aurea (Fumariaceae): attraction of dispersal agents and repulsion of Peromyscus maniculatus, a seed predator

1986American Journal of BotanyRole: dispersal agent

article

The selective advantage of attendant ants for the larvae of a lycanaenid butterfly, Glaucopsyche lygdamus

1986Journal of Animal EcologyRole: secondary attendant ant

article

Bioenergetics and evolutionary genetics: opportunities for new synthesis

1985American NaturalistRole: text_match

article

Parasitoids as selective agents in the symbiosis between lycaenid butterfly larvae and ants

1981ScienceRole: less common tending ant specie

article

A multispecies aphid-ant association: density dependence and species-specific effects

1979Canadian Journal of ZoologyRole: text_match

Tapinoma sessile

Local Knowledge Graph (Top 77 entities)

Publications (73)

Predation of Aphids (Aphis asclepiadis) by Syrphid Flies on Osha (Ligusticum porteri)

Wind-driven seed dispersal differentially promotes seed trapping and retention across alpine plants

Alpine plants of Mt. Baldy: modeling phenology and documenting biodiversity

Different aspects of dominance are not equivalent when testing for trade-offs in ant communities

Responses to climate change – insights and limitations from herbaceous plant model species

The effects of drought on wildflower size and seed set

The role of soil in regulating plant performance in Valeriana edulis

Associations Between Deer Browse and Aphid Colonization in a Long-Term Monitoring Study of Liguisticum porteri

Documents (4)

An Illustrated Guide to the Proposed Threatened and Endangered Plant Species in Colorado

Guide to the Willows of Shoshone National Forest

Native Grasses

Toxic Waste Papers- John Cairns

Co-occurring Species

Formica

Formica fusca

Hymenoptera

Formicidae

Beetles

Formica podzolica

Formica rufa

Ligusticum porteri

Hemiptera

Aphis asclepiadis

Variation of wasp behavior patterns and pollination behavior on Ligusticum porteri

Differences in individual flowering time change pollen limitation and seed set in three montane wildflowers

Effects of microclimate, dispersal, species interactions, and environmental stochasticity on demography

Talking Yeast: The characterization of bumblebee- and nectar- specialist yeast volatiles in Corydalis caseana

Floral phenotypic response of <i> Ipomopsis aggregata </i> and related hybrids to changing soil moisture and nitrogen enrichment

The Evolution and Ecology of Interactions Between Ants and Honeydew-Producing Hemipteran Insects

Effects of high temperature and early snowmelt on floral morphology and volatile organic compounds in <i> Ipomopsis aggregata </i>

From Insects to Frogs, Egg–Juvenile Recruitment Can Have Persistent Effects on Population Sizes

Nowcasting the distribution of <i> Valeriana edulis </i> using climate driven population models

Are ants botanists? Ant associative learning of plant chemicals mediates foraging for carbohydrates

Early snowmelt reduces aphid abundance <i>Aphis asclepiadis</i> by creating water stressed host plants <i>Ligusticum porteri</i> and altering interactions with ants

Climate change, phenological shifts, and species interactions: Case studies in subalpine plant and migratory fish populations

Does <i>Aphis asclepiadis</i> colony size mediate <i>Formica rufa</i> and <i>Tapinoma sessile</i> competition for mutualist aphids

Elevated temperatures alter an ant aphid mutualism

Elevational cline in herbivore abundance driven by a monotonic increase in trophic level sensitivity to aridity

Mapping the range shifts of East River Valley caddisflies <i> (Trichoptera) </i>

Plant chemical mediation of ant behavior

Progressive sensitivity of trophic levels to warming underlies an elevational gradient in ant–aphid mutualism strength

Snowmelt affects aphid (<i>Aphis asclepladis</i>) populations through soil moisture and host plant phenology

Snowmelt affects aphid (<i>Aphis asclepladis</i>) populations through soil moisture and host plant phenology

Stoichiometry and infectious disease: Linking chemical elements and parasitic interactions

The effects of climate change and biodiversity loss on mutualisms

Are ants botanists?: Ant associative learning of plant volatiles

Effects of Ant Presence on Nicrophorus investigatorâ€™s Reproductive Success

Using ecological stoichiometry to understand and predict infectious diseases

A Comparative Analysis of Saxicolous Lichen Diversity and Cover along an Elevation Gradient on Talus Slopes in Gunnison National Forest to Infer Possible Climate Change Effects

Multitrophic interactions mediate theÂ effects ofÂ climate change onÂ herbivore abundance

Native ant (<i>Formica rufa, Formica fusca</i>), <i>Nicrophorus spp.</i> interactions at small mammal carcass resources in the southern Rocky Mountains, Gunnison National Forest, Colorado.

Plant-pollinator interactions under climate change: the use of spatial and temporal transplants

The ability of ants to associatively learn based on olfactory chemical cues produced by plants.

Competitive context drives pollinator behavior: linking foraging plasticity, natural pollen deposition, and plant reproduction.

Effects of <i>Helianthella quinquenervis</i> Extrafloral Nectaries on Ant Abundance and Community Structure

Geographic divergence in upper thermal limits across insect life stages: does behavior matter?

The effects of Na pulses on subalpine ecosystems

Adaptation to climate and climate change in Rocky Mountain butterflies: Morphology, physiology, and behavior

Competition for pollination and the evolution of flowering time

Bringing the male side of plant sex into focus

Changes in ant community composition caused by 20 years of experimental warming vs.13 years of natural climate shift

Consequences of Pollination Neighborhood Composition and Pollinator Communities

Abiotic and multitrophic determinants of geographic distribution in an herbivorous insect

Genetic variation in plant functional traits as drivers in arthropod community structure

Mechanisms underlying plant sexual dimorphism in multi-trophic arthropod communities

Role of floral nectaries and plant sex in mediating ant-aphid interactions on <i>Valeriana edulis</i>

The Ecology of Place

The Ecology of Place

The effect of ant tending on the fitness of aphids during and after colony establishment

Species Interactions in Arthropod Communities: Density Dependence and Ant Interactions on Aphid Per Capita Population Growth

A balanced diet: Effects of ant (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) nutritional state on the balance between mutualism and predation upon aphids (Hemiptera: Aphididae)

Protection at a price? Ant interactions with pollinators on aspen sunflower (<i>Helianthella quinquenervis</i>)

Variation in host plant sex mediates ant-aphid interactions

Bridging the generation gap in plants: pollination, parental fecundity, and offspring demography

Consumptive and non-consumptive effects of predators on metacommunities of competing prey

Reciprocal benefits in a plant-pollinator mutualism