Tetramorium rubrum

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 rubrum

Name

• Tetramorium rubrum Hita Garcia, Fischer & Peters, 2010: 36, figs. 22B, 23B, 24A, 40, 41, 42

Holotype: BMNH: ZFMK_HYM_2009_6209, worker.

Type locality: CAMEROON, Yaounde, 30.III.1990, leg. A. Dejean.

Paratypes: 36 workers with same data as holotype (BMNH: 3 workers ZFMK_HYM_2009_6227, ZFMK_HYM_2009_6228, ZFMK_HYM_2009_6229; CASC: 6 workers ZFMK_HYM_2009_6231, ZFMK_HYM_2009_6232, ZFMK_HYM_2009_6233; FMNH: 2 workers ZFMK_HYM_2009_6225, ZFMK_HYM_2009_6226; LACM: 2 workers ZFMK_HYM_2009_6234; MHNG: 4 workers ZFMK_HYM_2009_6219, ZFMK_HYM_2009_6220; NHMB: 3 workers, ZFMK_HYM_2009_6236; NMK: 2workers ZFMK_HYM_2009_6237; SAMC: 2 workers ZFMK_HYM_2009_6235; ZFMK: 12 workers ZFMK- ZFMK_HYM_2009_6210, ZFMK_HYM_2009_6211, ZFMK_HYM_2009_6213, ZFMK_HYM_2009_6214, ZFMK_HYM_2009_6215, ZFMK_HYM_2009_6216, ZFMK_HYM_2009_6217, ZFMK_HYM_2009_6218, ZFMK_HYM_2009_6221, ZFMK_HYM_2009_6222, ZFMK_HYM_2009_6223, ZFMK_HYM_2009_6224,).

Etymology: The species epithet is a Latin adjective and refers to the coloration of the new species which is of an intensive dark red.

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.