Afrotropical Tetramorium species groups

This groups are defined according to Bolton (1980) with the following modifications:


 * A new lanuginosum group is defined, gathering the species belonging to the former genus Triglyphothrix according to Bolton (1976)


 * A new decem  group is defined following HIta-Garcia & Fischer (2014)


 * weitzeckeri group structure follows Hita-Garcia et al (2010)

aculeatum group

 * Tetramorium aculeatum (Mayr, 1866) Endemic to this region
 * Tetramorium africanum (Mayr, 1866) Endemic to this region
 * Tetramorium rimytyum Bolton, 1980 Endemic to this region
 * Tetramorium rotundatum (Santschi, 1924) Endemic to this region

angulinode group

 * Tetramorium angulinode Santschi, 1910 Endemic to this region
 * Tetramorium calinum Bolton, 1980 Endemic to this region
 * Tetramorium chloe (Santschi, 1920) Endemic to this region
 * Tetramorium legone Bolton, 1980 Endemic to this region
 * Tetramorium minusculum (Santschi, 1914) Endemic to this region
 * Tetramorium sudanense (Weber, 1943) Endemic to this region
 * Tetramorium zapyrum Bolton, 1980 Endemic to this region

bicarinatum group

 * Tetramorium amentete Bolton, 1980 Endemic to this region
 * Tetramorium bicarinatum (Nylander, 1846)
 * Tetramorium cristatum Stitz, 1910 Endemic to this region
 * Tetramorium emeryi Mayr, 1901 Endemic to this region
 * Tetramorium erectum Emery, 1895 Endemic to this region
 * Tetramorium gazense Arnold, 1958 Endemic to this region
 * Tetramorium notiale Bolton, 1980 Endemic to this region
 * Tetramorium peutli Forel, 1916 Endemic to this region
 * Tetramorium phasias Forel, 1914 Endemic to this region
 * Tetramorium pullulum Santschi, 1924 Endemic to this region

caespitum group

 * Tetramorium nautarum Santschi, 1918 Endemic to this region

camerunenese group

 * Tetramorium amissum Bolton, 1980 Endemic to this region
 * Tetramorium browni Bolton, 1980 Endemic to this region
 * Tetramorium camerunense Mayr, 1895 Endemic to this region
 * Tetramorium gegaimi Forel, 1916 Endemic to this region
 * Tetramorium hapale Bolton, 1980 Endemic to this region
 * Tetramorium ictidum Bolton, 1980 Endemic to this region
 * Tetramorium lucayanum Wheeler, W.M., 1905
 * Tetramorium luteipes Santschi, 1910 Endemic to this region
 * Tetramorium miserabile Santschi, 1918 Endemic to this region
 * Tetramorium tychadion Bolton, 1980 Endemic to this region
 * Tetramorium ubangense Santschi, 1937 Endemic to this region
 * Tetramorium versiculum Bolton, 1980 Endemic to this region

capense group

 * Tetramorium amatongae Bolton, 1980 Endemic to this region
 * Tetramorium capense Mayr, 1865 Endemic to this region
 * Tetramorium dominum Bolton, 1980 Endemic to this region
 * Tetramorium lobulicorne Santschi, 1916 Endemic to this region
 * Tetramorium semireticulatum Arnold, 1917 Endemic to this region

convexum group

 * Tetramorium convexum Bolton, 1980 Endemic to this region
 * Tetramorium wadje Bolton, 1980 Endemic to this region

decem group

 * Tetramorium decem Forel, 1913 Endemic to this region
 * Tetramorium raptor Hita Garcia, 2014 Endemic to this region
 * Tetramorium uelense Santschi, 1923 Endemic to this region
 * Tetramorium ultor Forel, 1913 Endemic to this region
 * Tetramorium venator Hita Garcia, 2014 Endemic to this region

dumezi group

 * Tetramorium candidum Bolton, 1980 Endemic to this region
 * Tetramorium dumezi Menozzi, 1942 Endemic to this region
 * Tetramorium elidisum Bolton, 1980 Endemic to this region
 * Tetramorium isipingense Forel, 1914 Endemic to this region
 * Tetramorium jauresi Forel, 1914 Endemic to this region
 * Tetramorium meressei Forel, 1916 Endemic to this region
 * Tetramorium nodiferum (Emery, 1901) Endemic to this region
 * Tetramorium pialtum Bolton, 1980 Endemic to this region
 * Tetramorium psymanum Bolton, 1980 Endemic to this region
 * Tetramorium qualarum Bolton, 1980 Endemic to this region

flabellum group

 * Tetramorium ataxium Bolton, 1980 Endemic to this region
 * Tetramorium bellicosum Bolton, 1980 Endemic to this region
 * Tetramorium coloreum Mayr, 1901 Endemic to this region
 * Tetramorium flabellum Bolton, 1980 Endemic to this region
 * Tetramorium geminatum Bolton, 1980 Endemic to this region
 * Tetramorium granulatum Bolton, 1980 Endemic to this region
 * Tetramorium invictum Bolton, 1980 Endemic to this region
 * Tetramorium kestrum Bolton, 1980 Endemic to this region
 * Tetramorium postpetiolatum Santschi, 1919 Endemic to this region
 * Tetramorium pylacum Bolton, 1980 Endemic to this region
 * Tetramorium saginatum Bolton, 1980 Endemic to this region
 * Tetramorium sigillum Bolton, 1980 Endemic to this region

grassii group

 * Tetramorium grassii Emery, 1895
 * Tetramorium plumosum Bolton, 1980 Endemic to this region
 * Tetramorium regulare Bolton, 1980 Endemic to this region
 * Tetramorium titus Forel, 1910 Endemic to this region
 * Tetramorium vexator Arnold, 1926 Endemic to this region

lanuginosum group (former Triglyphothrix)

 * Tetramorium lanuginosum Mayr, 1870

quadridentatum group

 * Tetramorium longoi Forel, 1915 Endemic to this region
 * Tetramorium magnificum Bolton, 1980 Endemic to this region
 * Tetramorium quadridentatum Stitz, 1910 Endemic to this region
 * Tetramorium simulator Arnold, 1917 Endemic to this region
 * Tetramorium unicum Bolton, 1980 Endemic to this region
 * Tetramorium viticola Weber, 1943 Endemic to this region

sericeiventre group

 * Tetramorium asetyum Bolton, 1980 Endemic to this region
 * Tetramorium bequaerti Forel, 1913 Endemic to this region
 * Tetramorium bulawayense Forel, 1913 Endemic to this region
 * Tetramorium gladstonei Forel, 1913 Endemic to this region
 * Tetramorium hortorum Arnold, 1958 Endemic to this region
 * Tetramorium khyarum Bolton, 1980 Endemic to this region
 * Tetramorium longicorne Forel, 1907 Endemic to this region
 * Tetramorium microgyna Santschi, 1918 Endemic to this region
 * Tetramorium petersi Forel, 1910 Endemic to this region
 * Tetramorium sepositum Santschi, 1918 Endemic to this region
 * Tetramorium sericeiventre Emery, 1877
 * Tetramorium xuthum Bolton, 1980 Endemic to this region

setigerum group

 * Tetramorium agile Arnold, 1960 Endemic to this region
 * Tetramorium avium Bolton, 1980 Endemic to this region
 * Tetramorium dolichosum Bolton, 1980 Endemic to this region
 * Tetramorium doriae Emery, 1881
 * Tetramorium frenchi Forel, 1914 Endemic to this region
 * Tetramorium gracile Forel, 1894 Endemic to this region
 * Tetramorium laevithorax Emery, 1895 Endemic to this region
 * Tetramorium metactum Bolton, 1980 Endemic to this region
 * Tetramorium parasiticum Bolton, 1980 Endemic to this region
 * Tetramorium perlongum Santschi, 1923 Endemic to this region
 * Tetramorium praetextum Bolton, 1980 Endemic to this region
 * Tetramorium setigerum Mayr, 1901 Endemic to this region
 * Tetramorium youngi Bolton, 1980 Endemic to this region

shiloense group

 * Tetramorium amaurum Bolton, 1980 Endemic to this region
 * Tetramorium diomandei Bolton, 1980 Endemic to this region
 * Tetramorium dysderke Bolton, 1980 Endemic to this region
 * Tetramorium intonsum Bolton, 1980 Endemic to this region
 * Tetramorium jugatum Bolton, 1980 Endemic to this region
 * Tetramorium shilohense Forel, 1913 Endemic to this region
 * Tetramorium somniculosum Arnold, 1926 Endemic to this region
 * Tetramorium subcoecum Forel, 1907 Endemic to this region
 * Tetramorium termitobium Emery, 1908 Endemic to this region
 * Tetramorium traegaordhi Santschi, 1914 Endemic to this region
 * Tetramorium typhlops Bolton, 1980 Endemic to this region
 * Tetramorium warreni Arnold, 1926 Endemic to this region

simillinum goup

 * Tetramorium altivagans Santschi, 1914 Endemic to this region
 * Tetramorium anxium Santschi, 1914 Endemic to this region
 * Tetramorium argenteopilosum Arnold, 1926 Endemic to this region
 * Tetramorium arnoldi (Forel, 1913) Endemic to this region
 * Tetramorium berbiculum Bolton, 1980 Endemic to this region
 * Tetramorium bevisi Arnold, 1958 Endemic to this region
 * Tetramorium bothae Forel, 1910 Endemic to this region
 * Tetramorium buthrum Bolton, 1980 Endemic to this region
 * Tetramorium caldarium (Roger, 1857)
 * Tetramorium delagoense Forel, 1894
 * Tetramorium ghindanum Forel, 1910
 * Tetramorium krynitum Bolton, 1980 Endemic to this region
 * Tetramorium luteolum Arnold, 1926 Endemic to this region
 * Tetramorium mossamedense Forel, 1901 Endemic to this region
 * Tetramorium nefassitense Forel, 1910
 * Tetramorium nigrum Forel, 1907 Endemic to this region
 * Tetramorium oculatum Forel, 1913 Endemic to this region
 * Tetramorium pauper Forel, 1907
 * Tetramorium poweri Forel, 1914 Endemic to this region
 * Tetramorium pusillum Emery, 1895 Endemic to this region
 * Tetramorium rhetidum Bolton, 1980 Endemic to this region
 * Tetramorium simillimum (Smith, F., 1851)

solidum group

 * Tetramorium barbigerum Bolton, 1980 Endemic to this region
 * Tetramorium clunum Forel, 1913 Endemic to this region
 * Tetramorium dichroum Santschi, 1932 Endemic to this region
 * Tetramorium galoasanum Santschi, 1910 Endemic to this region
 * Tetramorium glabratum Stitz, 1923 Endemic to this region
 * Tetramorium grandinode Santschi, 1913 Endemic to this region
 * Tetramorium jordani Santschi, 1937 Endemic to this region
 * Tetramorium peringueyi Arnold, 1926 Endemic to this region
 * Tetramorium pogonion Bolton, 1980 Endemic to this region
 * Tetramorium rufescens Stitz, 1923 Endemic to this region
 * Tetramorium setuliferum Emery, 1895 Endemic to this region
 * Tetramorium signatum Emery, 1895
 * Tetramorium solidum Emery, 1886 Endemic to this region

squaminode group

 * Tetramorium akermani Arnold, 1926 Endemic to this region
 * Tetramorium do Forel, 1914 Endemic to this region
 * Tetramorium dogieli Karavaiev, 1931 Endemic to this region
 * Tetramorium flaviceps Arnold, 1960 Endemic to this region
 * Tetramorium frigidum Arnold, 1926 Endemic to this region
 * Tetramorium jejunum Arnold, 1926 Endemic to this region
 * Tetramorium matopoense Arnold, 1926 Endemic to this region
 * Tetramorium nube Weber, 1943 Endemic to this region
 * Tetramorium platynode Bolton, 1980 Endemic to this region
 * Tetramorium repentinum Arnold, 1926 Endemic to this region
 * Tetramorium sitefrum Bolton, 1980 Endemic to this region
 * Tetramorium squaminode Santschi, 1911 Endemic to this region
 * Tetramorium umtaliense Arnold, 1926 Endemic to this region

tortuosum group

 * Tetramorium capillosum Bolton, 1980 Endemic to this region
 * Tetramorium hecate Hita Garcia & Fisher, 2013 Endemic to this region
 * Tetramorium tabarum Bolton, 1980 Endemic to this region

weitzeckeri group
T. edouardi species complex
 * Tetramorium edouardi Forel, 1894
 * Tetramorium mkomazi Hita Garcia, Fischer & Peters, 2010 Endemic to this region
 * Tetramorium philippwagneri Hita Garcia, Fischer & Peters, 2010 Endemic to this region
 * Tetramorium pinnipilum Bolton, 1980 Endemic to this region
 * Tetramorium robertsoni Hita Garcia, Fischer & Peters, 2010 Endemic to this region
 * Tetramorium rogatum Bolton, 1980 Endemic to this region
 * Tetramorium rubrum Hita Garcia, Fischer & Peters, 2010 Endemic to this region
 * Tetramorium schoutedeni Santschi, 1924 Endemic to this region
 * Tetramorium zonacaciae (Weber, 1943) Endemic to this region

T. muralti species complex
 * Tetramorium akengense (Wheeler, W.M., 1922) Endemic to this region
 * Tetramorium flavithorax (Santschi, 1914) Endemic to this region
 * Tetramorium intermedium Hita Garcia, Fischer & Peters, 2010 Endemic to this region
 * Tetramorium kakamega Hita Garcia, Fischer & Peters, 2010 Endemic to this region
 * Tetramorium muralti Forel, 1910 Endemic to this region
 * Tetramorium occidentale (Santschi, 1916) Endemic to this region
 * Tetramorium susannae Hita Garcia, Fischer & Peters, 2010 Endemic to this region
 * Tetramorium trirugosum Hita Garcia, Fischer & Peters, 2010 Endemic to this region

T. weitzeckeri species group
 * Tetramorium bendai Hita Garcia, Fischer & Peters, 2010 Endemic to this region
 * Tetramorium boltoni Hita Garcia, Fischer & Peters, 2010 Endemic to this region
 * Tetramorium guineense (Bernard, 1953)
 * Tetramorium humbloti Forel, 1891
 * Tetramorium renae Hita Garcia, Fischer & Peters, 2010 Endemic to this region
 * Tetramorium sepultum Bolton, 1980 Endemic to this region
 * Tetramorium snellingi Hita Garcia, Fischer & Peters, 2010 Endemic to this region
 * Tetramorium tanaense Hita Garcia, Fischer & Peters, 2010 Endemic to this region
 * Tetramorium weitzeckeri Emery, 1895