Tetramorium critchleyi
(Bolton, 1976)
valid
Rhoptromyrmex critchleyi
Bolton, 1976:
303, figs. 3, 12 (w.)
NIGERIA.
Afrotropic.
Primary type information:
Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Nigeria: Ibadan, I.I.T.A., no. 34G, 23-27.xi.1973 (B.R. Critchley). Primary type depository: BMNH.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 2 paratype workers. Secondary type locality: same data as holotype but 11-16.x.1973. Secondary type depositories: BMNH, MCZC.
- Combination in Tetramorium: Ward et al., 2015: 75.
- Status as species: Bolton, 1986a: 13 (redescription); Bolton, 1995b: 377.
Obsolete combinations
Citations
- Bolton, B. 1976. The ant tribe Tetramoriini (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Constituent genera, review of smaller genera and revision of Triglyphothrix Forel. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Entomology 34:281-379. PDF
- Bolton, B. 1986a. A taxonomic and biological review of the tetramoriine ant genus Rhoptromyrmex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Systematic Entomology 11:1-17. PDF
- Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
- Ward, P. S.; Brady, S. G.; Fisher, B. L.; Schultz, T. R. 2015. The evolution of myrmicine ants: phylogeny and biogeography of a hyperdiverse ant clade (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Systematic Entomology 40:61-81. 10.1111/syen.12090 PDF