Tetramorium meshena
(Bolton, 1976)
valid
Triglyphothrix meshena
Bolton, 1976:
353, figs. 51, 67 (w.)
WEST MALAYSIA.
Indomalaya.
Primary type information:
Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Malaysia: Selangor, Gombak, 7.x.1973 (B. Bolton). Primary type depository: BMNH.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 7 paratype workers. Secondary type localities: 5 paratype workers with same data as holotype, 2 paratype workers Selangor, Ulu Gombak For. Reserve, 24.viii. 1967, tree lookout area, ca 450 m., hill forest (R. Crozier). Secondary type depositories: BMNH, MCZC.
- Combination in Tetramorium: Bolton, 1985: 247
- Status as species: Bolton, 1995b: 411; Pfeiffer et al., 2011: 54.
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.
- Pfeiffer, M.; Mezger, D.; Hosoishi, S.; Bakhtiar, E. Y.; Kohout, R. J. 2011. The Formicidae of Borneo (Insecta: Hymenoptera): a preliminary species list. Asian Myrmecology 4:9-58. PDF