Tetramorium seiferti
(Kiran & Karaman, 2017)
valid
Teleutomyrmex seiferti
Kiran & Karaman, 2017:
148, figs. 3a, 4a, 5a, 6-8 (q.m.)
TURKEY.
Palearctic.
Primary type information:
Holotype (gyne) from Turkey, Artvin, Yusufeli, 3 km NW of Kınalıçam Village, N 40° 45' 36", E 41° 34' 46", 1801 m above sea level (a.s.l.), 25.VI.2013, 13 / 1592c, leg. K. Kiran, C. Karaman & V. Aksoy (in Collection of Biological Department, Trakya University, Edirne, Turkey). Paratypes: 16 gynes, 7 males from same nest as the holotype (14 gynes, 5 males in Collection of Biological Department, Trakya University, Edirne; 1 gyne, 1 male in Sofia University, Bulgaria; 1 gyne, 1 male in Senckenberg Museum of Natural History Görlitz, Germany
- [Note: Kiran et al., 2017: 146, retain the paraphyletic genus Teleutomyrmex.].
Citations
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Kiran, K.; Karaman, C. 2017. Teleutomyrmex seiferti new species attributed to Kiran and Karaman. Pp. 148-151 in: Kiran, K.; Karaman, C.; Lapeva-Gjonova, A.; Aksoy, V. 2017. Two new species of the “ultimate” parasitic ant genus Teleutomyrmex Kutter, 1950 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from the Western Palaearctic. Myrmecological News 25:145–155.
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Kiran, K.; Karaman, C.; Lapeva-Gjonova, A.; Aksoy, V. 2017. Two new species of the “ultimate” parasitic ant genus Teleutomyrmex Kutter, 1950 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from the Western Palaearctic. Myrmecological News 25:145–155.
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