Tetramorium brevispinosum
(Stitz, 1910)
valid
Triglyphothrix gabonensis var. brevispinosus
Stitz, 1910:
144 (w.)
TOGO.
Afrotropic.
Primary type information:
Primary type material: lectotype worker (by designation of Bolton, 1976: 320). Primary type locality: lectotype Togo: Bismarckburg (Conradt). Primary type depository: MNHU.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 2 paralectotype workers. Secondary type locality: same as for lectotype. Secondary type depository: MNHU.
- Lectotype designation: Bolton, 1976: 320.
- Combination in Tetramorium: Bolton, 1985: 247
- Subspecies of Tetramorium gabonense: Wheeler, 1922: 910; Emery, 1924f: 273; Santschi, 1935a: 266; Santschi, 1937b: 102.
- Status as species: Bolton, 1976: 320 (redescription); Bolton, 1995b: 405; Hita Garcia et al., 2013: 217.
- Senior synonym of Tetramorium nion: Bolton, 1976: 320; Bolton, 1995b: 405.
Junior synonyms
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Tetramorium nion
(Bernard, 1953)
Obsolete combination(s): Triglyphothrix nion
Obsolete combinations
Citations
- Bolton, B. 1976. The ant tribe Tetramoriini (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Constituent genera, review of smaller genera and revision of Triglyphothrix Forel. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Entomology 34:281-379. PDF
- Bolton, B. 1985. The ant genus Triglyphothrix Forel a synonym of Tetramorium Mayr. (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Journal of Natural History 19:243-248. PDF
- Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
- Emery, C. 1924f ("1922"). Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [concl.]. Genera Insectorum 174C:207-397. 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
- Santschi, F. 1935a. Fourmis du Musée du Congo Belge. Revue de Zoologie et de Botanique Africaines 27:254-285. PDF
- Santschi, F. 1937b. Résultats entomologiques d'un voyage au Cameroun. Formicides récoltés par Mr. le Dr. F. Zumpt. Mitteilungen der Schweizerischen Entomologischen Gesellschaft 17:93-104. PDF
- Stitz, H. 1910. Westafrikanische Ameisen. I. Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin 5:125-151.
- Wheeler, W. M. 1922. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. New York: Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 1139.