Tetramorium sabatra

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 sabatra

Name

Tetramorium sabatra Hita Garcia & Fisher, 2012: 76, figs. 11, 15, 24, 25, 26, 135, 136, 137, 142

Holotype: CASC CASENT0189241, worker.

Paratypes: Three workers with same data as holotype (CASC: CASENT0218056; CASENT0218057; CASENT0270780); one worker from Toliara, Rés. Andohahela, 11 km NW Enakara, 24.56667 S, 46.83333 E, 800 m, montane rainforest, from sifted litter, collection code BLF00492, 17.XI.1992 (B.L. Fisher) (CASC: CASENT0189240); and one worker from Toliara, Rés. Andohahela, 10 km NW Enakara, 24.56667 S, 46.81667 E, 430 m, rainforest, sifted litter, collection code BLF00522, 22.XI.1992 (B.L. Fisher) (CASC: CASENT0189239).

Type locality: MADAGASCAR, Toliara, Rés. Andohahela, 11 km NW Enakara, 24.56667 S, 46.83333 E, 800 m, montane rainforest, pitfall trap, collection code BLF00490, 16.XI.1992 (B.L. Fisher).

Etymology: The species epithet is an arbitrary combination of letters.

References

• Hita Garcia, F. & Fisher, B.L. 2012. The ant genus Tetramorium Mayr (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the Malagasy region—taxonomic revision of the T. kelleri and T. tortuosum species groups. Zootaxa 3592: 1–85. Preview PDF Reference page.