Tetramorium obesum
André, 1887
valid
Tetramorium obesum
André, 1887:
294 (w.)
INDIA (Tamil Nadu).
Indomalaya.
Primary type information:
Primary type material: syntype workers (number not stated). Primary type locality: India: Gingi. Primary type depositories: MCZC, MNHN.
- Mann, 1919: 349 (m.)
- Combination in Triglyphothrix: Emery, 1891c: 4.
- Combination in Tetramorium: Bolton, 1985: 247; Bolton, 1995b: 412.
- Status as species: Emery, 1889: 501; Dalla Torre, 1893: 135; Emery, 1893g: 214 (in key); Emery, 1895m: 472; Forel, 1903a: 704; Rothney, 1903: 97; Bingham, 1903: 173; Wheeler, 1912a: 46; Mann, 1919: 349; Emery, 1924f: 274; Mukerjee, 1934: 6; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 178; Bolton, 1976: 354 (redescription); Taylor, 1976a: 83; Bolton, 1995b: 412; Tiwari, 1999: 63; Bharti & Kumar, 2012b: 29 (in key); Bharti et al., 2016: 46; Agavekar et al., 2017: 9; Dias et al., 2020: 95.
Citations
- Agavekar, G.; Hita Garcia, F.; Economo, E. P. 2017. Taxonomic overview of the hyperdiverse ant genus Tetramorium Mayr (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) in India with descriptions and X-ray microtomography of two new species from the Andaman Islands. PeerJ 5:50 pp. e3800. 10.7717/peerj.3800 PDF
- André, Ern. 1887. Description de quelques fourmis nouvelles ou imparfaitement connues. Revue d'Entomologie (Caen) 6:280-298. PDF
- Bharti, H.; Guénard, B.; Bharti, M.; Economo, E. P. 2016. An updated checklist of the ants of India with their specific distributions in Indian states (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). ZooKeys 551:1-83. PDF
- Bharti, H.; Kumar, R. 2012b. Taxonomic studies on genus Tetramorium Mayr (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) with report of two new species and three new records including a tramp species from India with a revised key. ZooKeys 207:11-35. 10.3897/zookeys.207.3040 PDF
- Bingham, C. T. 1903. The fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. Hymenoptera, Vol. II. Ants and Cuckoo-wasps. London: Taylor and Francis, 506 pp. PDF
- 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.
- Chapman, J. W.; Capco, S. R. 1951. Check list of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Asia. Monographs of the Institute of Science and Technology. Manila 1:1-327. PDF
- Dalla Torre, K. W. 1893. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Vol. 7. Formicidae (Heterogyna). Leipzig: W. Engelmann, 289 pp. PDF
- Dias, R. K. S.; Guénard, B.; Akbar, S. A.; Economo, E. P.; Udayakantha, W. S.; Wachkoo, A. A. 2020. The ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of Sri Lanka: a taxonomic research summary and updated checklist. ZooKeys 967:1-142. 10.3897/zookeys.967.54432 PDF
- Emery, C. 1889. Formiche di Birmania e del Tenasserim raccolte da Leonardo Fea (1885-87). Dummy reference. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale 27[=(2)7]:485-520.
- Emery, C. 1891c. Exploration scientifique de la Tunisie. Zoologie. - Hyménoptères. Révision critique des fourmis de la Tunisie. Paris: Imprimerie Nationale, iii + 21 pp.
- Emery, C. 1893g. Formicides de l'Archipel Malais. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 1:187-229. PDF
- Emery, C. 1895m. Viaggio di Leonardo Fea in Birmania e regioni vicine. LXIII. Formiche di Birmania del Tenasserim e dei Monti Carin raccolte da L. Fea. Parte II. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale 34[=(2)14]:450-483.
- Emery, C. 1924f ("1922"). Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [concl.]. Genera Insectorum 174C:207-397. PDF
- Forel, A. 1903a. Les Formicides de l'Empire des Indes et de Ceylan. Part X. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 14:679-715. PDF
- Mann, W. M. 1919. The ants of the British Solomon Islands. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 63:273-391. PDF
- Mukerjee, D. 1934. Entomological investigations on the spike disease of sandal (22). Formicidae (Hymen.). Indian Forest Records. Entomology Series 20(5):1-15. PDF
- Rothney, G. A. J. 1903. The aculeate Hymenoptera of Barrackpore, Bengal. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1903:93-116.
- Taylor, R. W. 1976a. The ants of Rennell and Bellona Islands. Natural History of Rennell Island, British Solomon Islands 7:73-90.
- Tiwari, R. N. 1999. Taxonomic studies on ants of southern India (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Memoirs of the Zoological Survey of India 18(4):1-96. PDF
- Wheeler, W. M. 1912a. The ants of Guam. Journal of the New York Entomological Society 20:44-48. PDF