Tetramorium decem
Forel, 1913
valid
Tetramorium (Decamorium) decem
Forel, 1913a:
121 (w.)
ZIMBABWE.
Afrotropic.
Primary type information:
Primary type material: lectotype worker (by designation of Hita Garcia & Fisher, 2014a: 78). Primary type locality: lectotype Zimbabwe (“Rhodesia”): Redbank, 7.iv.1912 (G. Arnold). Primary type depository: MHNG. Primary type specimen: CASENT0909196 (lectotype).
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 7 paralectotype workers. Secondary type locality: same as for lectotype. Secondary type depositories: BMNH, MHNG, MSNG.
- Lectotype designation: Hita Garcia & Fisher, 2014a: 78.
- Arnold, 1917: 350 (q.m.)
- Combination in Decamorium: Wheeler, 1922: 906.
- Combination in Tetramorium: Hita Garcia & Fisher, 2014c: 78.
- Status as species: Arnold, 1917: 349; Wheeler, 1922: 906; Emery, 1924f: 289; Weber, 1952a: 29; Bolton, 1976: 298; Bolton, 1995b: 168; Hita Garcia et al., 2013: 211; Hita Garcia & Fisher, 2014a: 78 (redescription).
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
- Bolton, B. 1976. The ant tribe Tetramoriini (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Constituent genera, review of smaller genera and revision of Triglyphothrix Forel. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Entomology 34:281-379. PDF
- Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
- 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
- Hita Garcia, F.; Fisher, B. L. 2014a. The ant genus Tetramorium Mayr in the Afrotropical region (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Myrmicinae): synonymisation of Decamorium Forel under Tetramorium, and taxonomic revision of the T. decem species group. ZooKeys 411:67-103. PDF
- Hita Garcia, F.; Fisher, B. L. 2014c. The hyper-diverse ant genus Tetramorium Mayr (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) in the Malagasy region – taxonomic revision of the T. naganum, T. plesiarum, T. schaufussii, and T. severini species groups. ZooKeys 413:1-170. 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
- Weber, N. A. 1952a. Studies on African Myrmicinae, I (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). American Museum Novitates 1548:1-32. PDF
- Wheeler, W. M. 1922. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. New York: Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 1139.