Tetramorium bessonii
Forel, 1891
valid
Tetramorium (Xiphomyrmex) bessonii
Forel, 1891c:
156, pl. 4, fig. 13 (w.)
MADAGASCAR.
Malagasy.
Primary type information:
MADAGASCAR, Fianarantsoa, Pays des Betsileo, coll. Besson; CASENT0102347; BMNH
- Combination in Xiphomyrmex: Wheeler, 1922: 1031.
- Combination in Tetramorium: Bolton, 1979: 141.
- See also: Hita Garcia & Fisher, 2012a: 15
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
- 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.