Tetramorium boehmei
Hita Garcia & Fischer, 2010
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Tetramorium boehmei
Hita Garcia & Fischer, 2010:
363, figs. 1-6 (w.)
KENYA.
Afrotropic.
Primary type information:
Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Kenya: Western Prov., Kakamega Forest, Colobus, 00°21’16’’N, 34°51’36’’E, 1650 m., vii.2009, primary rainforest, hand collected (G. Fischer). Primary type depository: NMKN.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 1 paratype worker. Secondary type locality: Kakamega Forest, Salazar, 00°19’36’’N, 34°52’14.6’’E, 1650 m., 21.vi.2007, Kakamega 2007 survey, Transect 6, primary forest, Winkler leaf litter extraction (M. Peters). Secondary type depository: ZFMK.
- Status as species: Hita Garcia et al., 2013: 217.
Citations
- Hita Garcia, F.; Fischer, G. 2010. [Untitled. Tetramorium boehmei Hita Garcia & Fischer sp. n.]. Pp. 363-365 in: Hita Garcia, F.; Fischer, G.; Kück, P.; Thormann, B.; Peters, M. K. 2010. Tetramorium boehmei sp. n. – a new ant (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) species from the Kakamega Forest, Western Kenya. Bonn Zoological Bulletin 57 (2):359-366. PDF
- Hita Garcia, F.; Wiesel, E.; Fischer, G. 2013. The ants of Kenya (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)—faunal overview, first species checklist, bibliography, accounts for all genera, and discussion on taxonomy and zoogeography. Journal of East African Natural History 101 (2):127-222. PDF