Tetramorium rigidum
Bolton, 1977
valid
Tetramorium rigidum
Bolton, 1977:
108, fig. 28 (w.)
NEW GUINEA (Papua New Guinea).
Australasia.
Primary type information:
Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Papua New Guinea: Karema, Brown Riv., 8-11.iii.1955, no. 564, lowland rainforest (E.O. Wilson). Primary type depository: MCZC.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 16 paratype workers. Secondary type locality: 11 paratype workers with same data as holotype, 3 paratype workers with same data as holotype but no. 563, 2 paratype workers with same data as holotype but no. 546. Secondary type depositories: BMNH, MCZC.
- Status as species: Bolton, 1995b: 413.
Citations
- Bolton, B. 1977. The ant tribe Tetramoriini (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). The genus Tetramorium Mayr in the Oriental and Indo-Australian regions, and in Australia. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Entomology 36:67-151. PDF
- Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.