Tetramorium electrum

Tetramorium electrum

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 electrum

Name

Tetramorium electrum Bolton, 1979: 144, fig. 20

Holotype: MCZ CASENT0280589, worker.

Type locality: MADAGASCAR, Rte d'Anosibe, km 33, forest humus and litter, AB 44, 4.–12.IV.1975.

Paratypes: 11 workers with same data as holotype, and one worker from vic. Andasibe (= Perinet) 950–980 m, 2.–6.II.1977 (W.L. & D.E. Brown) (BMNH: CASENT0102350; MCZ: CASENT0280850; MCZ_paratype_32378).

References

• Bolton, B., 1979: The ant tribe Tetramoriini (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). The genus Tetramorium Mayr in the Malagasy region and in the New World. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology, 38, 129–181.

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• 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.