Tetramorium notiale

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: Botswana, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

Nomenclature

 * striatum. Tetramorium guineense r. striatum Arnold, 1917: 308 (w.q.m.) ZIMBABWE (attributed to Stitz). [Junior primary homonym of striatum Smith, F. 1876b: 481, above.] Replacement name: notiale Bolton, 1980: 271.
 *  notiale. Tetramorium notiale Bolton, 1980: 271. Replacement name for striatum Arnold, 1917: 308. [Junior primary homonym of striatum Smith, F. 1876b: 481.]

Tetramorium guineense striatum

Two workers, one queen and one male syntypes in. One worker is labelled “P.F. 3/74” (= Peel Forest), the other has “K.C.” (= Kelley’s Creek). Each syntype also has a small rectangular label with “N. Zealand” on the upper side and “76/20” on the underside. The queen and male have no specific locality information.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

 * 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.
 * IZIKO South Africa Museum Collection
 * Magagula C. N., and B. A. Nzimba. 2015. Interaction between habitat characteristics and insect diversity using ground beetles (Colenoptera: Carabidae) and ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) within a variety of agriculatural habitats. Applied Ecology and Environmental Research 13(3): 863-876.