Tetramorium jizani
| Tetramorium jizani | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Crematogastrini |
| Genus: | Tetramorium |
| Species: | T. jizani |
| Binomial name | |
| Tetramorium jizani Collingwood, 1985
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This species, described from Saudi Arabia not far from the Yemen border, seems to replace the widely distributed Tetramorium simillimum in that area (Collingwood and Agosti 1996).
Identification
Keys including this Species
Distribution
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: Saudi Arabia (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
Worker
Images from AntWeb
   
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| Paratype of Tetramorium jizani. Worker. Specimen code casent0906332. Photographer Estella Ortega, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. | Owned by NML, Liverpool, UK. |
   
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| Paratype of Tetramorium jizani. Worker. Specimen code casent0906330. Photographer Estella Ortega, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. | Owned by NML, Liverpool, UK. |
Queen
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| Queen (alate/dealate). Specimen code casent0906331. Photographer Estella Ortega, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. | Owned by NML, Liverpool, UK. |
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- jizani. Tetramorium jizani Collingwood, 1985: 264, fig. 48 (w.q.) SAUDI ARABIA.
Description
References
- Borowiec, L. 2014. Catalogue of ants of Europe, the Mediterranean Basin and adjacent regions (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Genus (Wroclaw) 25(1-2): 1-340.
- Collingwood, C. A. 1985. Hymenoptera: Fam. Formicidae of Saudi Arabia. Fauna Saudi Arab. 7: 230-302 (page 264, fig. 48 worker, queen described)
- Collingwood, C. A. and D. Agosti. 1996. Formicidae (Insecta: Hymenoptera) of Saudi Arabia (part 2). Fauna Saudi Arabia. 15:300-385.
