Tetramorium pulcherrimum

Tetramorium pulcherrimum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Crematogastrini
Genus:	Tetramorium
Species:	T. pulcherrimum
Binomial name
Tetramorium pulcherrimum (Donisthorpe, 1945) Specimen Labels

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  Little is known about this Tetramorium pulcherrimum worker from Uganda. Photo by Alex Wild.
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  Successful foraging worker of Tetramorium pulcherrimum, from Kibale, Uganda. Photo by David King.

Identification

Keys including this Species

• Key to Afrotropical Tetramorium ericae osiris inezulae gabonensis species groups

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Afrotropical Region: Central African Republic, Uganda (type locality).

Distribution based on AntMaps

Distribution based on AntWeb specimens

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Castes

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Nomenclature

The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.

• pulcherrimum. Triglyphothrix pulcherrima Donisthorpe, 1945c: 76 (w.) UGANDA. Combination in Tetramorium: Bolton, 1985: 247. See also: Bolton, 1976: 333.

References

• 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 333, see also)
• Bolton, B. 1985. The ant genus Triglyphothrix Forel a synonym of Tetramorium Mayr. (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). J. Nat. Hist. 19: 243-248 (page 247, Combination in Tetramorium)
• Donisthorpe, H. 1945c. A new species of Triglyphothrix Forel (Hym., Formicidae) from Uganda with some notes on the genus. Entomol. Mon. Mag. 81: 76-77. (page 76, worker described)