Tetramorium aisha
Mbanyana et al., 2018
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Tetramorium aisha
Mbanyana et al., 2018:
10, figs. 4C,L, 5, 24 (w.)
SOUTH AFRICA.
Afrotropic.
Primary type information:
Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: South Africa: Western Cape, Abrahamskraal, 32.92560°S, 22.01319°E, 516 m., flood plain of dry river bed with Salsola aphylla and Acacia karroo in deep finely grained soils, 15.iv.2008 (N. Mbanyana, A. Mayekiso & H.G. Robertson). Primary type depository: SAMC. Primary type specimen: SAM-HYM-C020292.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 12 paratype workers. Secondary type locality: same as for holotype. Secondary type depository: SAMC. Secondary type specimen: SAM-HYM-C020288 to SAM-HYM-C020292, SAM-HYM-C020316, SAM-HYM-C020329.
Citations
- Mbanyana, N.; Robertson, H. G.; Hita Garcia, F. 2018. [new species of Tetramorium attributed to Mbanyana, Robertson & Hita Garcia]. Pp. 01-59 in: Mbanyana, N.; Hita Garcia, F.; Robertson, H. G.; Le Roux, J. J. 2018. A taxonomic revision of seed harvester ants of the Tetramorium solidum group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in southern Africa. European Journal of Taxonomy 454:1-59. PDF