Tetramorium menkaura

An Online Catalog of the Ants of the World by Barry Bolton

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Tetramorium menkaura (Bolton, 1976) valid

Triglyphothrix menkaura Bolton, 1976: 328, figs. 41, 46, 47, 55 (w.q.) GHANA. Afrotropic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Ghana: Tafo (= New Tafo, Eastern Region, Akim District, Cocoa Research Institute of Ghana), 7.vi.1970, twig in leaf litter (B. Bolton). Primary type depository: BMNH. Primary type specimen: CASENT0901147. Secondary type information: Secondary type material: 6 paratype workers, 2 paratype queens. Secondary type locality: same as for holotype. Secondary type depositories: BMNH, MCZC, MHNG.

Combination in Tetramorium: Bolton, 1985: 247
Status as species: Bolton, 1985: 245; Bolton, 1995b: 411.

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Triglyphothrix menkaura

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.

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