Tetramorium aculeatum

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Formicoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Hymenopterida Ordo: Hymenoptera Subordo: Apocrita Superfamilia: Formicoidea

Familia: Formicidae
Subfamilia: Myrmicinae
Tribus: Tetramoriini
Genus: Tetramorium
Species: Tetramorium aculeatum

Name

• Tetramorium aculeatum (Mayr, 1866)

Combinations

• Macromischa aculeata: original combination

Primary references

• Mayr, G. 1866: Myrmecologische Beiträge. Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe. Abteilung I, 53: 484–517. full article (PDF)

References

• Cammaerts, R.; Cammaerts, M.-C.; Dejean, A. 1994: The trail of the african urticating ant Tetramorium aculeatum: source, potency, and workers' behavior (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Journal of insect behavior, 7(4): 533–552. DOI: 10.1007/BF02025448
• The ant tribe Tetramoriini (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). The genus Tetramorium Mayr in the Ethiopian zoogeographical region.
• Tetramorium aculeatum (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) is a heterogenous taxon.
• Ant mosaic in oil palm plantations of the Southwest Province of Cameroon: impact on leaf miner beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae).
• Tropical arboreal ant mosaics: innate attraction and imprinting determine nest site selection in dominant ants.
• The predatory behavior of the dominant arboreal ant species Tetramorium aculeatum (Hymenoptera: Formicidae).
• Paralyzing action from a distance in an arboreal African ant species.

Selected links

• AntWeb