Tetramorium tanakai
Bolton, 1977
valid
Tetramorium tanakai
Bolton, 1977:
119 (w.q.)
JAPAN.
Palearctic.
Primary type information:
Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Japan: Okinawa, Ishigaki I., Mt Omoto, 1.iii.1975 (M. Tanaka). Primary type depository: BMNH.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 58 paratype workers, 1 paratype queen. Secondary type locality: same as for holotype. Secondary type depositories: BMNH, MATC, MCZC, NHMB.
- Junior synonym of Tetramorium kraepelini: Imai et al., 2003: 136
- Status as species: Onoyama, 1980a: 198; Ogata, 1991b: 102; Bolton, 1995b: 415; Yamane et al., 2022: 57 (queen diagnosis).
Citations
- 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.
- Imai, H. T.; Kihara, A.; Kondoh, M.; Kubota, M.; Kuribayashi, S.; Ogata, K.; Onoyama, K.; Taylor, R. W.; Terayama, M.; Tsukii, Y.; Yoshimura, M.; Ugawa, Y. 2003. Ants of Japan. Tokyo: Gakken, 224 pp. PDF
- Ogata, K. 1991b. A generic synopsis of the poneroid complex of the family Formicidae (Hymenoptera). Part II. Subfamily Myrmicinae. Bulletin of the Institute of Tropical Agriculture Kyushu University 14:61-149. PDF
- Onoyama, K. 1980a. An introduction to the ant fauna of Japan, with a check list (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Kontyû 48:193-212. PDF
- Yamane, S.; Hosoishi, S.; Ito, F. 2022. Japanese Tetramorium queens: identification key and species diagnoses (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Myrmicinae). ZooKeys 1084:43-64. 10.3897/zookeys.1084.69767 PDF