Tetramorium tanaense
Hita Garcia et al., 2010
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Tetramorium tanaense
Hita Garcia et al., 2010b:
83, figs. 13B, 14B, 94-96 (w.)
KENYA.
Afrotropic.
Primary type information:
Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Kenya: Tana River Delta, Lake Shakababo, nr Ngao, 28.x.1977 (V. Mahnert & J.L. Perret). Primary type depository: BMNH.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 5 paratype workers. Secondary type locality: same as for holotype. Secondary type depositories: BMNH, MHNG.
- Status as species: Hita Garcia et al., 2013: 218; Hita Garcia & Fischer, 2014: 8 (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. 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