Tetramorium pusillum

Identification
A member of the Tetramorium simillimum species group.

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: South Africa.

Nomenclature

 *  pusillum. Tetramorium pusillum Emery, 1895h: 38 (w.q.) SOUTH AFRICA. Senior synonym of ladismithensis, tablensis: Bolton, 1980: 318.
 * ladismithensis. Tetramorium caespitum r. ladismithensis Forel, 1913a: 117 (w.q.) SOUTH AFRICA. Subspecies of pusillum: Forel, 1914d: 223. Junior synonym of pusillum: Bolton, 1980: 318.
 * tablensis. Tetramorium pusillum var. tablensis Forel, 1914d: 223 (w.q.m.) SOUTH AFRICA. Junior synonym of pusillum: Bolton, 1980: 318.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

 * Addison P., and M. J. Samways. 2000. A survey of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) that forage in vineyards in the Western Cape Province, South Africa
 * Arnold G. 1917. A monograph of the Formicidae of South Africa. Part III. Myrmicinae. Annals of the South African Museum. 14: 271-402.
 * Bolton B. 1980. The ant tribe Tetramoriini (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). The genus Tetramorium Mayr in the Ethiopian zoogeographical region. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Entomology 40: 193-384.
 * Emery C. 1895. Voyage de M. E. Simon dans l'Afrique australe (janvier-avril 1893). 3e mémoire. Formicides. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 64: 15-56.
 * 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