Tetramorium kabulistanicum

Nothing is known about the biology of .

Identification
Radchenko and Scupola (2015) - T. kabulistanicum well differs from Tetramorium striativentre first of all by the sculpture of the first gastral tergite: only its basal half is densely longitudinally striato-punctated, the remaining part of tergite is smooth and shiny or at most with fine superficial microreticulation, while in the latter species whole surface of the first gastral tergite is densely longitudinally striato-punctated.

By the character of sculpture of the first gastral tergite T. kabulistanicum resembles Tetramorium pisarskii, but differs from it by the sculpture of mesosoma and waist, as well as by the sculpture on the head dorsum.

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Palaearctic Region: Afghanistan, Turkmenistan.

Nomenclature

 *  kabulistanicum. Tetramorium striativentre subsp. kabulistanicum Pisarski, 1967: 403, figs. 62-72 (w.q.m.) AFGHANISTAN. Raised to species: Radchenko, 1992b: 53.

Worker
Radchenko and Scupola (2015) - (n = 10), ordered as: min-max [mean +/- SD] (see also fig. 14, a–d): HL 0.77–0.85 [0.82 +/- 0.036], HW 0.77–0.83 [0.79 +/- 0.020], FW 0.32–0.34 [0.33 +/- 0.007], FLW 0.34–0.36 [0.35 +/- 0.007], OL 0.18–0.20 [0.19 +/- 0.005], GnL 0.19–0.24 [0.21 +/- 0.014], SL 0.58–0.66 [0.62 +/- 0.027], ML 0.99–1.12 [1.06 +/- 0.046], PNW 0.51–0.56 [0.53 +/- 0.018], PL 0.34–0.36 [0.35 +/- 0.009], PW 0.24–0.29 [0.26 +/- 0.017], PH 0.25–0.33 [0.29 +/- 0.026], PndL 0.20–0.24 [0.22 +/- 0.013], PPL 0.20–0.23 [0.21 +/- 0.011], PPW 0.26–0.35 [0.31 +/- 0.030], PPH 0.253–0.33 [0.29 +/- 0.028], ESL 0.11–0.14 [0.13 +/- 0.027], ESD 0.20–0.25 [0.23 +/- 0.015], HTL 0.58–0.63[0.60 +/- 0.017], rug-frons 11–15 [13 +/- 1.414]. Indices: CI 0.99–1.08 [1.03 +/- 0.031], SI1 0.73–0.78 [0.75 +/- 0.018], SI2 0.74–0.81 [0.78 +/- 0.023], FI 0.40–0.43 [0.42 +/- 0.010], FLI 1.03–1.09 [1.07 +/- 0.020], OI1 0.22–0.26 [0.24 +/- 0.011], OI2 0.79–1.00 [0.91 +/- 0.061], PI1 1.09–1.36 [1.33 +/- 0.084], PI2 0.31–0.36 [0.33 +/- 0.018], PndI 1.09–1.26 [1.19 +/- 0.050], PPI1 0.64–0.77 [0.69 +/- 0.046], PPI2 0.33–0.43 [0.40 +/- 0.034], ESLI 0.14–0.18 [0.16 +/- 0.014].

Queen
Radchenko and Scupola (2015) - HL 0.87, HW 0.90, FW 0.40, FLW 0.42, OL 0.285, GnL 0.19, SL 0.66, PL 0.45, PW 0.35, PH 0.41, PndL 0.17, PPL 0.31, PPW 0.47, PPH 0.04, ESL 0.15, ESD 0.39, HTL 0.66, ML 1.49, MH 0.76, SCL 1.03, SCW 0.81, rug-frons 17. Indices: CI 0.96, SI1 0.76, SI2 0.73, FI 0.43, FLI 1.08, OI1 0.30, OI2 1.47, PI1 1.11, PI2 0.39, PndI 2.13, PPI1 0.65, PPI2 0.52, ESLI 0.17, MI 1.96, SCI 1.27.

Male
Radchenko and Scupola (2015) - (figs 16, a–e): HL 0.65, HW 0.65, OL 0.29, GnL 0.06, SL 0.31, PL 0.45, PW 0.34, PH 0.30, PPL 0.31, PPW 0.44, PPH 0.35, HTL 0.88, ML 1.63, MH 0.91, SCL 1.24, SCW 0.90. Indices: CI 1.00, SI1 0.47, SI2 0.47, OI1 0.440, OI2 5.20, PI1 1.48, PI2 0.53, PPI1 0.70, PPI2 0.68, MI 1.78, SCI 1.38.

Type Material
Radchenko and Scupola (2015) - Pisarski (1967) described T. striativentre subsp. kabulistanicum based on the two nest samples from two different localities: 30 workers (including holotype), six gynes and one male from Cheikhabad (coll. No A 473), and three workers from Hassan Guilan (coll. No A 314). The specimens from the second locality belong to T. pisarskii, and are excluded from the type series of T. kabulistanicum (see Taxonomic notes to the latter species).