Tetramorium pulcherrimum
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| Tetramorium pulcherrimum | |
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| 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)
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Contents
Identification
Keys including this Species
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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Biology
Castes
- The following images are provided by Harvard University, Museum of Comparative Zoology
- The following images are provided by AntWeb
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's New General Catalogue, a catalogue of the world's ants.
- pulcherrimum. Triglyphothrix pulcherrima Donisthorpe, 1945c: 76 (w.) UGANDA. Combination in Tetramorium: Bolton, 1985: 247. See also: Bolton, 1976: 333.
Description
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 PDF (page 76, worker described)
