Tetramorium argentirubrum
Tetramorium argentirubrum | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
Tribe: | Crematogastrini |
Genus: | Tetramorium |
Species: | T. argentirubrum |
Binomial name | |
Tetramorium argentirubrum Dietrich, 2004 |
This species is known only from its original type locality (Borowiec & Salata, 2020).
Identification
Distribution
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Palaearctic Region: Jordan (type locality).
Distribution based on AntMaps
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. |
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. |
Biology
Castes
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- argentirubrum. Tetramorium argentirubrum Dietrich, 2004: 332, fig. 3 (w.) JORDAN.
Type Material
Bezděčková et al. (2017) - Three paratypes are deposited in Moravian Museum, Brno, Czech Republic (all dry-mounted on point card labels):
- PARATYPES (3 workers, on one pin): ‘Jordanien, JOR / Shaumari Wildlife Reserve / 1996-3-21 / leg. C. O. Dietrich [p] // Tetramorium / argentirubrum / Dietrich, 2004 / det. C.O. Dietrich // Invent. č. [p] / 6650–6652 [hw] / Ent. / Mor. museum, Brno [p] // Paratypen [p, red label]’.
Description
References
- Bezděčková, K., Bezděčka, P., Macek, J., Malenovský, I. 2017. Catalogue of type specimens of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) deposited in Czech museums. Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 57(1): 295-308 (doi:10.1515/aemnp-2017-0076).
- Borowiec, L. 2014. Catalogue of ants of Europe, the Mediterranean Basin and adjacent regions (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Genus (Wroclaw) 25(1-2): 1-340.
- Borowiec, L., Salata, S. 2020. Review of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Jordan. Annals of the Upper Silesian Museum in Bytom, Entomology 29 (online 2): 1-26 (doi:10.5281/zenodo.3733156).
- Dietrich, C.O. 2004. Taxonomische Beitraege zur Myrmekofauna Jordaniens (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Denisia 14: 319-344. (page 332, described)
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Bezdeckova K., P. Bexdecka, J. Macek, and I. Malenovsky. 2017. Catalogue of type specimens of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) deposited in Czech museums. Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 57(1): 295-308.
- Borowiec L. 2014. Catalogue of ants of Europe, the Mediterranean Basin and adjacent regions (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Genus (Wroclaw) 25(1-2): 1-340.