Tetramorium bessonii
Forel, 1891
valid
Tetramorium (Xiphomyrmex) bessonii
Forel, 1891c:
156, pl. 4, fig. 13 (w.)
MADAGASCAR.
Malagasy.
Primary type information:
Primary type material: syntype workers (number not stated). Primary type locality: Madagascar: Pays de Betsileo, Fianarantsoa (Besson). Primary type depositories: BMNH, MHNG, NHMB. Primary type specimen: CASENT0102347.
- Combination in Xiphomyrmex: Wheeler, 1922: 1031.
- Combination in Tetramorium: Bolton, 1979: 141.
- Status as species: Dalla Torre, 1893: 131; Wheeler, 1922: 1031; Emery, 1924f: 287; Bolton, 1979: 141 (redescription); Bolton, 1995b: 405; Hita Garcia & Fisher, 2012a: 15 (redescription).
Citations
- Bolton, B. 1979. The ant tribe Tetramoriini (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). The genus Tetramorium Mayr in the Malagasy region and in the New World. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Entomology 38:129-181. PDF
- Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
- Dalla Torre, K. W. 1893. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Vol. 7. Formicidae (Heterogyna). Leipzig: W. Engelmann, 289 pp. PDF
- Emery, C. 1924f ("1922"). Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [concl.]. Genera Insectorum 174C:207-397. PDF
- Forel, A. 1891c. Les Formicides. [part]. In: Grandidier, A. 1891. Histoire physique, naturelle, et politique de Madagascar. Volume XX. Histoire naturelle des Hyménoptères. Deuxième partie (28e fascicule). Paris: Hachette et Cie, v + 237 pp. PDF
- Hita Garcia, F.; Fisher, B. L. 2012a. The ant genus Tetramorium Mayr (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the Malagasy region—taxonomy of the T. bessonii, T. bonibony, T. dysalum, T. marginatum, T. tsingy, and T. weitzeckeri species groups. Zootaxa 3365:1-123. PDF
- Wheeler, W. M. 1922. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. New York: Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 1139.