Tetramorium akengense
(Wheeler, 1922)
valid
Xiphomyrmex occidentalis subsp. akengensis
Wheeler, 1922:
194 (w.)
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO.
Afrotropic.
Primary type information:
Primary type material: syntype workers (number not stated, “numerous specimens”). Primary type locality: Democratic Republic of Congo (“Belgian Congo”): Akenge, x.1913 (H.O. Lang). Primary type depositories: BMNH, MCZC, USNM.
- Subspecies of Tetramorium occidentale: Santschi, 1935a: 268.
- Junior synonym of Tetramorium occidentale: Bolton, 1980: 229; Bolton, 1995b: 404.
- Status as species: Hita Garcia et al., 2010b: 43 (redescription).
Obsolete combinations
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.
- Hita Garcia, F.; Fischer, G.; Peters, M. K. 2010b. Taxonomy of the Tetramorium weitzeckeri species group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the Afrotropical zoogeographical region. Zootaxa 2704:1-90. PDF
- Santschi, F. 1935a. Fourmis du Musée du Congo Belge. Revue de Zoologie et de Botanique Africaines 27:254-285. PDF
- Wheeler, W. M. 1922. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. New York: Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 1139.