Tetramorium shivalikense
Bharti & Kumar, 2012
valid
Tetramorium shivalikense
Bharti & Kumar, 2012b:
13, figs. 1-3 (w.)
INDIA (Himachal Pradesh).
Palearctic.
Primary type information:
Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: India: Himachal Pradesh, Terrace, 31.928591°N, 75.931342°E, 420 m., Winkler, 11.x.2008 (R. Kumar). Primary type depository: PUAC.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 101 paratype workers. Secondary type localities: 11 paratype workers with same data as holotype, 1 paratype worker with same data as holotype but 420 m., 25.v.2009 (R. Kumar), 1 paratype worker with same data as holotype but 420 m., 24.ix.2009 (R. Kumar), 18 paratype workers Himachal Pradesh, Silohi, 550 m., Winkler, 19.x.2008 (R. Kumar), 4 paratype workers Himachal Pradesh, Ghati, 450 m., Winkler, 27.ix.2009 (R. Kumar), 2 paratype workers Himachal Pradesh, Chanaur, 600 m., Winkler, 3.x.2008 (R. Kumar), 2 paratype workers Himachal Pradesh, Andretta, 940 m., Winkler, 11.vi.2010 (R. Kumar), 8 paratype workers Himachal Pradesh, Palampur, 1140 m., Winkler, 14.vi.2010 (R. Kumar), 1 paratype worker Himachal Pradesh, Dattal, 940 m., Winkler, 16.vi.2010 (R. Kumar), 1 paratype worker Uttarakhand, Dehradun, Selaqui, 650 m., 9.viii.2009 (R. Kumar), 50 paratype workers, Uttarakhand, Dehradun, Forest Research Inst., 640 m., hand picking, 14.viii.2009 (R. Kumar), 1 paratype worker Uttarakhand, Dehradun, Forest Research Inst., 640 m., 17.viii.2009 (R. Kumar), 1 paratype worker Punjab, Dharampur, 450 m., beating, 14.x.2008 (R. Kumar). Secondary type depositories: BMNH, PUAC.
- Status as species: 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