Tetramorium rugigaster
Bolton, 1977
valid
Tetramorium rugigaster
Bolton, 1977:
114, fig. 39 (w.q.m.)
INDIA (Kerala).
Indomalaya.
Primary type information:
Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: India: Kerala State (W Ghats), Kottiyoor, Wynaad Taluk, 650 m., 7.iv.1969, evergreen forest (A.B. Soans & W.L. Brown). Primary type depository: MCZC.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 17 paratype workers, 1 paratype queen, 4 paratype males. Secondary type localities: 4 paratype workers with same data as holotype, 13 paratype workers, 1 paratype queen, 4 paratype males Kerala State (W Ghats), Silent Valley Reserve, 16 km. W Mukkali, 9.iv.1969, 1200 m., moist evgn forest, litter, rot. wood, M244 (A.B. Soans & W.L. Brown). Secondary type depositories: BMNH, MCZC.
- Status as species: Bolton, 1995b: 413; Bharti & Kumar, 2012b: 31 (in key); Bharti et al., 2016: 46; Agavekar et al., 2017: 9.
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. 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.