Tetramorium signatum
Emery, 1895
valid
Tetramorium solidum var. signatum
Emery, 1895i:
35 (w.)
SOUTH AFRICA.
Afrotropic.
Primary type information:
Syntype: SOUTH AFRICA: 1 pinned worker,
Western Cape, Matjiesfontein, E. Simon leg. (MSNG: CASENT0904841)
- Subspecies of Tetramorium solidum: Forel, 1913a: 118; Arnold, 1917: 293; Wheeler, 1922: 905; Emery, 1924f: 283; Arnold, 1926: 245 (in key); Prins, 1973: 7 (redescription).
- Status as species: Bolton, 1980: 251 (redescription); Bolton, 1995b: 414; Mbanyana et al., 2018: 48.
- Senior synonym of Tetramorium solidum grootensis: Bolton, 1980: 251; Bolton, 1995b: 414; Mbanyana et al., 2018: 48.
- Senior synonym of Tetramorium solidum lugubre: Bolton, 1980: 251; Bolton, 1995b: 414; Mbanyana et al., 2018: 48.
- Senior synonym of Tetramorium solidum tuckeri: Bolton, 1980: 251; Bolton, 1995b: 414; Mbanyana et al., 2018: 48.
Junior synonyms
- Tetramorium solidum grootensis Forel, 1913
- Tetramorium solidum lugubre Forel, 1910
- Tetramorium solidum tuckeri Arnold, 1926
Obsolete combinations
Citations
- Arnold, G. 1917. A monograph of the Formicidae of South Africa. Part III. Myrmicinae. Annals of the South African Museum 14:271-402. PDF
- Arnold, G. 1926. A monograph of the Formicidae of South Africa. Appendix. Annals of the South African Museum 23:191-295. PDF
- Bolton, B. 1980. The ant tribe Tetramoriini (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). The genus Tetramorium Mayr in the Ethiopian zoogeographical region. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Entomology 40:193-384. PDF
- Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
- Emery, C. 1895i. Voyage de M. E. Simon dans l'Afrique australe (janvier-avril 1893). 3e mémoire. Formicides. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 64:15-56. PDF
- Emery, C. 1924f ("1922"). Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [concl.]. Genera Insectorum 174C:207-397. PDF
- Forel, A. 1913a. Fourmis de Rhodesia, etc. récoltées par M. G. Arnold, le Dr. H. Brauns et K. Fikendey. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 57:108-147. PDF
- Mbanyana, N.; Hita Garcia, F.; Robertson, H. G.; Le Roux, J. J. 2018. A taxonomic revision of seed harvester ants of the Tetramorium solidum group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in southern Africa. European Journal of Taxonomy 454:1-59. 10.5852/ejt.2018.454 PDF
- Prins, A. J. 1973. African Formicidae (Hymenoptera) in the South African Museum. Description of four new species and notes on Tetramorium Mayr. Annals of the South African Museum 62:1-40. PDF
- Wheeler, W. M. 1922. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. New York: Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 1139.