Tetramorium robertsoni

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 robertsoni

Name

• Tetramorium robertsoni Hita Garcia, Fischer & Peters, 2010: 33, figs. 23A, 37, 38, 39

Holotype: BMNH: ZFMK_HYM_2009_6090, worker.

Type locality: TANZANIA, Mkomazi Game Reserve, Ibaya, 03° 58' S, 37° 48' E, savanna, unburnt slope, ex pitfall trap, 14.XI.1994, leg. A. Russell-Smith

Paratypes: 2 workers with same data as holotype (BMNH: ZFMK_HYM_2009_6089, ZFMK_HYM_2009_6091); 5 workers from TANZANIA, Amani, 850m, 9.XI.1957, leg. E.S. Ross & R.E. Leech (CASC: 4 workers CASENT0218274, CASENT0218276, CASENT0218277, CASENT0218278; ZFMK: 1 worker CASENT0218275).

Etymology: This species is dedicated to Dr. Hamish G. Robertson from South Africa in honour of his work in Afrotropical myrmecology.

Primary references

• 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.