Tetramorium rutilum

An Online Catalog of the Ants of the World by Barry Bolton

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Tetramorium rutilum Prins, 1973 junior synonym of current valid taxon Tetramorium glabratum Stitz, 1923

Tetramorium rutilum Prins, 1973: 14, figs. 14-18, 30A,B (w.q.) SOUTH AFRICA. Afrotropic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: 7 syntype workers, 1 syntype queen. Primary type locality: South Africa: Cape Prov., Vanrhynsdorp, 19.iv.1963 (J.J. Cillie). Primary type depository: RPPP, SAMC. Primary type specimen: SAM-ENT-0011750.

Junior synonym of Tetramorium glabratum: Bolton, 1980: 246; Bolton, 1995b: 413; Mbanyana et al., 2018: 23.

Citations

Bolton, B. 1980. The ant tribe Tetramoriini (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). The genus Tetramorium Mayr in the Ethiopian zoogeographical region. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Entomology 40:193-384. PDF
Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
Mbanyana, N.; Hita Garcia, F.; Robertson, H. G.; Le Roux, J. J. 2018. A taxonomic revision of seed harvester ants of the Tetramorium solidum group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in southern Africa. European Journal of Taxonomy 454:1-59. 10.5852/ejt.2018.454 PDF
Prins, A. J. 1973. African Formicidae (Hymenoptera) in the South African Museum. Description of four new species and notes on Tetramorium Mayr. Annals of the South African Museum 62:1-40. PDF

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