Tetramorium rossi
(Bolton, 1976)
valid
Triglyphothrix rossi
Bolton, 1976:
357 (w.q.)
INDIA (Kerala).
Indomalaya.
Primary type information:
Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: India: South, 8 mi. NE Munnar, 6200 ft, 20.iii.1962 (E.S. Ross & D.Q. Cavagnaro). Primary type depository: CASC.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 32 paratype workers, 1 paratype queen. Secondary type locality: same as for holotype. Secondary type depositories: BMNH, CASC, MCZC.
Type notes:
More workers + brood preserved in ethanol in CASC.
- Combination in Tetramorium: Bolton, 1985: 247
- Status as species: Bolton, 1995b: 413; Bharti & Kumar, 2012b: 29 (in key); Bharti et al., 2016: 46; Agavekar et al., 2017: 9.
Obsolete combinations
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
- 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
- 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.