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Tetramorium intextum
| Tetramorium intextum | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Crematogastrini |
| Genus: | Tetramorium |
| Species: | T. intextum |
| Binomial name | |
| Tetramorium intextum Santschi, 1914
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Identification
Keys including this Species
Distribution
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: Kenya (type locality), Zambia, Zambia, Zimbabwe, 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
Worker
Images from AntWeb
   
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| Worker. Specimen code casent0280918. Photographer Estella Ortega, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. | Owned by NHMUK, London, UK. |
   
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| Syntype of Tetramorium intextum cataractae. Worker. Specimen code casent0901218. Photographer Ryan Perry, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. | Owned by NHMUK, London, UK. |
   
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| Worker. Specimen code casent0906136. Photographer Cerise Chen, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. | Owned by NHMB, Basel, Switzerland. |
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- intextum. Tetramorium intextum Santschi, 1914b: 104, fig. 14 (w.) KENYA. Junior synonym of delagoense: Bolton, 1980: 311. Revived from synonymy and senior synonym of cataractae: Bolton, 1995b: 409.
- cataractae. Tetramorium intextum var. cataractae Santschi, 1916b: 506, fig. B (w.) ZIMBABWE. Junior synonym of delagoense: Bolton, 1980: 311; of intextum: Bolton, 1995b: 406.
Description
References
- Bolton, B. 1980. The ant tribe Tetramoriini (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). The genus Tetramorium Mayr in the Ethiopian zoogeographical region. Bull. Br. Mus. (Nat. Hist.) Entomol. 40: 193-384 (page 311, Junior synonym of delagoense)
- Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 409, Revived from synonymy, and senior synonym of cataractae)
- Santschi, F. 1914b. Voyage de Ch. Alluaud et R. Jeannel en Afrique Orientale, 1911-1912. Résultats scientifiques. Insectes Hyménoptères. II. Formicidae. Paris: Libr. A. Schulz, pp. 41-148. (page 104, fig. 14 worker described)
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Garcia F.H., Wiesel E. and Fischer G. 2013.The Ants of Kenya (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)Faunal Overview, First Species Checklist, Bibliography, Accounts for All Genera, and Discussion on Taxonomy and Zoogeography. Journal of East African Natural History, 101(2): 127-222