Tetramorium muscorum

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Tetramorium muscorum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Crematogastrini
Genus: Tetramorium
Species: T. muscorum
Binomial name
Tetramorium muscorum
Arnold, 1926

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Specimen Label

Known from scattered location throughout African forests. In Benin, Taylor et al. (2018) report this species from mango (Mangifera indica) orchards. It is ground nesting.

Identification

Keys including this Species

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: -8.94497° to -28.95°.

   
North
Temperate
North
Subtropical
Tropical South
Subtropical
South
Temperate

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Afrotropical Region: Benin, Ivory Coast, Mozambique (type locality), Uganda, United Republic of Tanzania.

Distribution based on AntMaps

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Distribution based on AntWeb specimens

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Countries Occupied

Number of countries occupied by this species based on AntWiki Regional Taxon Lists. In general, fewer countries occupied indicates a narrower range, while more countries indicates a more widespread species.
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Estimated Abundance

Relative abundance based on number of AntMaps records per species (this species within the purple bar). Fewer records (to the left) indicates a less abundant/encountered species while more records (to the right) indicates more abundant/encountered species.
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Biology

Castes

Images from AntWeb

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Worker. Specimen code casent0178335. Photographer Erin Prado, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. Owned by LACM, Los Angeles, CA, USA.

Images from AntWeb

Tetramorium muscorum casent0178334 head 1.jpgTetramorium muscorum casent0178334 profile 1.jpgTetramorium muscorum casent0178334 dorsal 1.jpgTetramorium muscorum casent0178334 label 1.jpg
Queen (alate/dealate). Specimen code casent0178334. Photographer April Nobile, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. Owned by LACM, Los Angeles, CA, USA.


Nomenclature

The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.

  • muscorum. Tetramorium (Triglyphothrix) muscorum Arnold, 1926: 274, fig. 78 (w.) MOZAMBIQUE. Combination in Triglyphothrix: Bolton, 1976: 331; in Tetramorium: Bolton, 1985: 247.

Description

References

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

  • Belshaw R., and B. Bolton. 1994. A survey of the leaf litter ant fauna in Ghana, West Africa (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Journal of Hymenoptera Research 3: 5-16.
  • Belshaw R., and B. Bolton. 1994. A survey of the leaf litter ant fauna in Ghana, West Africa (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Journal of Hymenoptera Research. 3: 5-16.
  • 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.
  • Braet Y., and B. Taylor. 2008. Mission entomologique au Parc National de Pongara (Gabon). Bilan des Formicidae (Hymenoptera) recoltes. Bulletin S. R. B. E./K.B.V.E. 144: 157-169.
  • Diame L., B. Taylor, R. Blatrix, J. F. Vayssieres, J. Y. Rey, I. Grechi, and K. Diarra. 2017. A preliminary checklist of the ant (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) fauna of Senegal. Journal of Insect Biodiversity 5(15): 1-16.
  • IZIKO South Africa Museum Collection
  • Taylor B., N. Agoinon, A. Sinzogan, A. Adandonon, Y. N'Da Kouagou, S. Bello, R. Wargui, F. Anato, I. Ouagoussounon, H. Houngbo, S. Tchibozo, R. Todjhounde, and J. F. Vayssieres. 2018. Records of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from the Republic of Benin, with particular reference to the mango farm ecosystem. Journal of Insect Biodiversity 8(1): 006–029.