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Tetramorium inezulae
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Crematogastrini |
| Genus: | Tetramorium |
| Species: | T. inezulae |
| Binomial name | |
| Tetramorium inezulae (Forel, 1914)
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Identification
Keys including this Species
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: 6.216667° to -29.98333°.
| North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
- Source: AntMaps
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: South Africa (type locality), United Republic of Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
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. |
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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 casent0217970. Photographer Estella Ortega, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. | Owned by CAS, San Francisco, CA, USA. |
   
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| Worker. Specimen code casent0235776. Photographer Shannon Hartman, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. | Owned by AFRC, Pretoria, South Africa. |
   
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| Worker. Specimen code casent0249019. Photographer Ryan Perry, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. | Owned by AFRC, Pretoria, South Africa. |
   
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| Syntype of Tetramorium inezulae. Worker. Specimen code casent0901152. Photographer Will Ericson, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. | Owned by NHMUK, London, UK. |
   
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| Syntype of Tetramorium hepburni. Worker. Specimen code casent0901153. Photographer Will Ericson, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. | Owned by NHMUK, London, UK. |
   
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| Paratype of Triglyphothrix hepburni mashonana. Worker. Specimen code casent0901154. Photographer Will Ericson, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. | Owned by NHMUK, London, UK. |
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- inezulae. Triglyphothrix inezulae Forel, 1914d: 221 (w.m.) SOUTH AFRICA. Combination in Tetramorium: Arnold, 1917: 343. Senior synonym of hepburni, mashonana: Bolton, 1976: 328. See also: Bolton, 1985: 247.
- hepburni. Tetramorium (Triglyphothrix) hepburni Arnold, 1917: 340 (w.q.m.) ZIMBABWE. Combination in Triglyphothrix: Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 910. Junior synonym of inezulae: Bolton, 1976: 328.
- mashonana. Triglyphothrix hepburni subsp. mashonana Arnold, 1949: 266, fig. 7 (w.) ZIMBABWE. Junior synonym of inezulae: Bolton, 1976: 328.
Description
References
- Arnold, G. 1917. A monograph of the Formicidae of South Africa. Part III. Myrmicinae. Ann. S. Afr. Mus. 14: 271-402 (page 343, Combination in Tetramorium)
- Arnold, G. 1949. New species of African Hymenoptera. No. 9. Occas. Pap. Natl. Mus. South. Rhod. 2: 261-275.
- Bolton, B. 1976. The ant tribe Tetramoriini (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Constituent genera, review of smaller genera and revision of Triglyphothrix Forel. Bull. Br. Mus. (Nat. Hist.) Entomol. 34: 281-379 (page 328, Senior synonym of hepburni and mashonana)
- Bolton, B. 1985. The ant genus Triglyphothrix Forel a synonym of Tetramorium Mayr. (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). J. Nat. Hist. 19: 243-248 (page 247, see also)
- Forel, A. 1914d. Formicides d'Afrique et d'Amérique nouveaux ou peu connus. Bull. Soc. Vaudoise Sci. Nat. 50: 211-288 (page 221, worker, male described)
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- IZIKO South Africa Museum Collection
- Wheeler W. M. 1922. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. A contribution to the myrmecology of Africa. VIII. A synonymic list of the ants of the Ethiopian region. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 45: 711-1004
- Yeo K., T. Delsinne, S. Komate, L. L. Alonso, D. Aidara, and C. Peeters. 2016. Diversity and distribution of ant assemblages above and below ground in a West African forest–savannah mosaic (Lamto, Cote d’Ivoire). Insectes Sociaux DOI 10.1007/s00040-016-0527-6