Tetramorium africanum

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 africanum

Name

Tetramorium africanum (Mayr, 1866a: 507)

Holotype: Worker.

Type locality: GHANA.

Mentions

• Macromischa africana Mayr, 1866a: 507 [Senior synonym of Tetramorium tessmanni Brown, 1964c: 12; of Tetramorium lamottei Bolton, 1980: 355]
• Tetramorium africana Emery, 1896d: 103
• Rhoptromyrmex tessmanni Forel, 1910f: 421
• Macromischoides africana Wheeler, 1922: 188
• Tetramorium lamottei Bernard, 1953b: 247, fig. 13
• Tetramorium africana Bolton, 1976: 363 (in text); Bolton, 1980: 355.

References

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

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• Bernard, F. 1953b ("1952"): La réserve naturelle intégrale du Mt Nimba. XI. Hyménoptères Formicidae. Mémoires de l'Institut Français d'Afrique Noire, 19: 165–270.
• Bolton, B. 1976: The ant tribe Tetramoriini (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Constituent genera, review of smaller genera and revision of Triglyphothrix Forel. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Entomology, 34: 281–379.