Tetramorium snellingi
Hita Garcia et al., 2010
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Tetramorium snellingi
Hita Garcia et al., 2010a:
142, figs. 1-6 (w.q.)
KENYA.
Afrotropic.
Primary type information:
Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Kenya: Western Prov., Kakamega Forest, Salazar, 00°19’36’’N, 34°52’14.6’’E, 1650 m., Transect 6, Kakamega survey 2007, primary rainforest, leaf litter, pitfall trap, 17.viii.2007 (M. Peters). Primary type depository: NMKN.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 35 paratype workers, 2 paratype queens. Secondary type locality: paratypes from several sub-localities of the Kakamega Forest. Secondary type depositories: BMNH, CASC, LACM, NMKN, ZFMK.
- Status as species: Hita Garcia et al., 2010b: 80 (redescription); Hita Garcia et al., 2013: 218; Hita Garcia & Fischer, 2014: 9 (in key).
Citations
- Hita Garcia, F.; Fischer, G. 2014. Additions to the taxonomy of the Afrotropical Tetramorium weitzeckeri species complex (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Myrmicinae), with the description of a new species from Kenya. European Journal of Taxonomy 90:1-16. PDF
- Hita Garcia, F.; Fischer, G.; Peters, M. K. 2010a. Tetramorium snellingi sp. n. – a new leaf-litter ant species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from a western Kenyan rainforest. Myrmecological News 13:141-146. PDF
- Hita Garcia, F.; Fischer, G.; Peters, M. K. 2010b. Taxonomy of the Tetramorium weitzeckeri species group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the Afrotropical zoogeographical region. Zootaxa 2704:1-90. PDF
- Hita Garcia, F.; Wiesel, E.; Fischer, G. 2013. The ants of Kenya (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)—faunal overview, first species checklist, bibliography, accounts for all genera, and discussion on taxonomy and zoogeography. Journal of East African Natural History 101 (2):127-222. PDF