Tetramorium tanaense

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 tanaense

Name

• Tetramorium tanaense Hita Garcia, Fischer & Peters, 2010: 83, figs. 13B, 14B, 94, 95, 96

Holotype: BMNH: ZFMK_HYM_2009_6081, worker.

Type locality: KENYA, Tana River Delta, Lake Shakababo, near Ngao, 28.X.1977, leg. V. Mahnert & J.L. Perret.

Paratypes: 5 workers with same data as holotype (BMNH: 2 workers ZFMK_HYM_2009_6082, ZFMK_HYM_2009_6083; MHNG: 3 workers ZFMK_HYM_2009_6084).

Etymology: The name of the species refers to the type locality, the Tana River Delta in Coastal Kenya.

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.