Tetramorium ankarana

Taxonavigation

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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 ankarana

Name

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Tetramorium ankarana Hita Garcia & Fisher, 2012

Holotype: CASC CASENT0247543, worker.
Paratypes: One worker with same data as holotype (BMNH: CASENT0247311); and two workers from Antsiranana, Réserve Spéciale de l'Ankarana, 22.9 km 224° SW Anivorano Nord, 12.90889 S, 49.10983 E, 80 m, tropical dry forest, on low vegetation, collection code BLF03007, 10.–16.II.2001 (B.L. Fisher, C. Griswold et al.) (CASC: CASENT0404423; CASENT0427943).
Type locality: MADAGASCAR, Antsiranana, Réserve Ankarana, 7 km SE Matsaborimanga, 12° 54' S, 49° 07' E, 150 m, rainforest, ground foragers, collection code PSW11043, 30.XI.1990.
Etymology: The name of the new species refers to the type locality, the Réserve Spéciale de l'Ankarana.

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