Tetramorium snellingi
Taxonavigation
editTaxonavigation: Formicoidea |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Formicidae
Subfamilia: Myrmicinae
Tribus: Tetramoriini
Genus: Tetramorium
Species: Tetramorium snellingi
Name
edit- Tetramorium snellingi Hita Garcia, Fischer & Peters, 2010: 142
- Holotype: NMK: ZFMK_HYM_2009_3105, worker.
- Type locality: KENYA: Western Province, Kakamega Forest, Salazar, 00° 19' 36" N, 34° 52' 14.6" E, 1650 m , Transect 6, Kakamega survey 2007, primary rain forest, leaf litter, pitfall trap, 17.VIII.2007, leg. M. Peters.
- Paratypes: 35 workers and 2 queens from several sub-localities of the Kakamega forest (CASC: 4 workers CASENT0217052, CASENT0217055, CASENT0217056, CASENT0217057; BMNH: 4 workers ZFMK_HYM_2009_6186, ZFMK_HYM_2009_6187, ZFMK_HYM_2009_6188, ZFMK_HYM_2009_6189; LACM: 4 workers; MHNG: 4 workers; NMK: 4 workers; ZFMK: 15 workers and 2 queens ZFMK_HYM_2009_3003, ZFMK_HYM_2009_3089, ZFMK_HYM_2009_3090, ZFMK_HYM_2009_3091, ZFMK_HYM_2009_3092, ZFMK_HYM_2009_3093, ZFMK_HYM_2009_3094, ZFMK_HYM_2009_3095, ZFMK_HYM_2009_3096, ZFMK_HYM_2009_3097, ZFMK_HYM_2009_3098, ZFMK_HYM_2009_3099, ZFMK_HYM_2009_3100, ZFMK_HYM_2009_3101, ZFMK_HYM_2009_3103, ZFMK_HYM_2009_3104, ZFMK_HYM_2009_6174)
References
edit- Hita Garcia, F., Fischer, G. & Peters, M.K. 2010. Tetramorium snellingi sp.n. ‒ a new leaf-litter ant species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from a Western Kenyan rain forest. Myrmecological News 13: 141–146. Online. Reference page.
- 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.