Tetramorium beesoni
(Mukerjee, 1934)
valid
Myrmica beesoni
Mukerjee, 1934:
7, fig. 1 (w.)
INDIA (Karnataka, Tamil Nadu).
Indomalaya.
Primary type information:
Primary type material: syntype workers (number not stated, “several specimens”). Primary type localities: India: North Coorg forest division (COORG), Fraserpet, 2770 ft, 28.iii.1930, 18.v.1930, plots 4 and 7, 29.ix.1930, 20.xi.1930 (D. Mukerji), and India: Madras, North Salem Division, Aiyur, 5-14-1930, Jawakagiri, 2850 ft, 5.viii.1930, 2.ix.1930, plots 15-21 (D. Mukerji). Primary type depository: BMNH (no record of specimens ever being at BMNH).
- Combination in Tetramorium: Radchenko & Elmes, 2001b: 239
- Status as species: Bolton, 1995b: 277; Bharti & Kumar, 2012b: 30 (in key); Bharti et al., 2016: 45; Agavekar et al., 2017: 10.
Obsolete combinations
Citations
- Agavekar, G.; Hita Garcia, F.; Economo, E. P. 2017. Taxonomic overview of the hyperdiverse ant genus Tetramorium Mayr (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) in India with descriptions and X-ray microtomography of two new species from the Andaman Islands. PeerJ 5:50 pp. e3800. 10.7717/peerj.3800 PDF
- Bharti, H.; Guénard, B.; Bharti, M.; Economo, E. P. 2016. An updated checklist of the ants of India with their specific distributions in Indian states (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). ZooKeys 551:1-83. PDF
- Bharti, H.; Kumar, R. 2012b. Taxonomic studies on genus Tetramorium Mayr (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) with report of two new species and three new records including a tramp species from India with a revised key. ZooKeys 207:11-35. 10.3897/zookeys.207.3040 PDF
- Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
- Mukerjee, D. 1934. Entomological investigations on the spike disease of sandal (22). Formicidae (Hymen.). Indian Forest Records. Entomology Series 20(5):1-15. PDF
- Radchenko, A. G.; Elmes, G. W. 2001b. A taxonomic revision of the ant genus Myrmica Latreille, 1804 from the Himalaya (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Entomologica Basiliensia 23:237-276. PDF