Tetramorium nautarum
Tetramorium nautarum | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
Tribe: | Crematogastrini |
Genus: | Tetramorium |
Species: | T. nautarum |
Binomial name | |
Tetramorium nautarum Santschi, 1918 |
Identification
A member of the Tetramorium caespitum species group.
Keys including this Species
Distribution
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: Equatorial Guinea (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.
- nautarum. Tetramorium caespitum st. nautarum Santschi, 1918c: 156 (w.) ANNOBON I. Raised to species: Bolton, 1980: 321.
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 321, Raised to species)
- Santschi, F. 1918c. Nouveaux Tetramorium africains (Suite et fin). Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Afr. Nord 9: 153-156 (page 156, worker described)
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- 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