Tetramorium occidentale

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 occidentale

Name

• Tetramorium occidentale (Santschi, 1916a: 50, fig. 1)

Holotype: NHMB, worker.

Type locality: CAMEROON, no location.

Mentions

• Xiphomyrmex occidentalis Santschi, 1916a: 50, fig. 1
• Xiphomyrmex insularis Menozzi, 1924: 223, fig. 4 [Senior synonym of Tetramorium occidentalis Bolton, 1980: 229.]
• Tetramorium occidentalis Bolton, 1980: 229.
• Tetramorium occidentale Hita Garcia, Fischer & Peters, 2010: 56, figs. 3B, 6A, 8B, 9B, 64, 65, 66

References

• Santschi, F. 1916a: Description d'un nouveau Formicide (Hym.) de l'Afrique occidentale. Bulletin de la Société Entomologique de France, 1916: 50–51.

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• Menozzi, C. 1924: Alcune nuove formiche africane. Dummy reference. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale "Giacomo Doria", 51: 220–227.
• Bolton, B. 1980. The ant tribe Tetramoriini (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). The genus Tetramorium Mayr in the Ethiopian zoogeographical region. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Entomology, 40: 193–384.
• Hita Garcia, F., Fischer, G. & Peters, M.K. 2010. Taxonomy of the Tetramorium weitzeckeri species group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the Afrotropical zoogeographical region. Zootaxa 2704: 1–90. Preview Reference page.