Tetramorium adamsi

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 adamsi

Name

Tetramorium adamsi Hita Garcia & Fisher, 2012: 66, figs. 14, 17, 123, 124, 125, 142

Holotype: CASC CASENT0247345, worker.

Paratypes: 21 workers with same data as holotype (BMNH: CASENT0247299; CASC: CASENT0189393; CASENT0218051; CASENT0247290; CASENT0247291; CASENT0247292; CASENT0247293; CASENT0247294; CASENT0247300; CASENT0247304; CASENT0247305; CASENT0247306; CASENT0247307; CASENT0247308; CASENT0247341; CASENT0247342; CASENT0247343; CASENT0247344; MCZ: CASENT0247301; MHNG: CASENT0247297; NHMB: CASENT0247303).

Type locality: MADAGASCAR, Antsiranana, R.S. Manongarivo 17.3 km 218° SW Antanambao, 14.02167 S, 48.41833 E, 1580 m, montane rainforest, sifted litter (leaf mold, rotten wood), collection code BLF01970, 27.X.1998 (B.L. Fisher).

Etymology: The name of the species is a patronym in honour of the British writer Douglas Adams (1952–2001), best known for “The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy” series.

References

• Hita Garcia, F. & Fisher, B.L. 2012. The ant genus Tetramorium Mayr (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the Malagasy region—taxonomic revision of the T. kelleri and T. tortuosum species groups. Zootaxa 3592: 1–85. Preview PDF Reference page.