Tetramorium tanakai

Tetramorium tanakai
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Crematogastrini
Genus:	Tetramorium
Species:	T. tanakai
Binomial name
	Tetramorium tanakai; Bolton, 1977

Identification

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 24° to 24°.


North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

Source: Yamane et al., 2022

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Palaearctic Region: Japan (type locality).

Distribution based on AntMaps

Distribution based on AntWeb specimens

Check data from AntWeb

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.

tanakai. Tetramorium tanakai Bolton, 1977: 119 (w.q.) JAPAN.
- Type-material: holotype worker, 58 paratype workers, 1 paratype queen.
- Type-locality: holotype Japan: Okinawa, Ishigaki I., Mt Omoto, 1.iii.1975 (M. Tanaka); paratypes: 58 workers, 1 queen with same data.
- Type-depositories: BMNH (holotype); BMNH, MCZC, NHMB, Tanaka private collection (paratypes).
- Junior synonym of kraepelini: Imai, et al. 2003: 136.
- Status as species: Onoyama, 1980: 198; Ogata, 1991b: 102; Bolton, 1995b: 415; Yamane, Hosoishi & Ito, 2022: 57.
- Distribution: Japan.

Description

References