Tetramorium guineense

Identification
The distinctive cephalic reticulate-punctate ground sculpturation and the presence of standing hairs on the first gastral tergite make Tetramorium guineense easily distinguishable from other members of the species complex.

Distribution
This taxon was described from Guinea. It is also found in Ivory Coast, Liberia, Senegal, New Guinea, Canada and Pitcairn. Cameroon, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo, Gabon, Ghana, Nigeria

Nomenclature

 *  guineense. Xiphomyrmex weitzeckeri r. guineensis Bernard, 1953b: 251, fig. 14 (w.) GUINEA. Combination in Tetramorium: Bolton, 1980: 227. Raised to species: Bolton, 1980: 227. See also: Hita Garcia, Fischer & Peters, 2010b: 70.

Type Material
Hita Garcia et al. (2010) - Lectotype worker, GUINEA, Foret de Nion, no. 22, 700 m, 15/4, leg. Lamotte [examined].

Additional References
Hita Garcia, F., Fischer, G. & Peters, M.K. 2010. Taxonomy of the Tetramorium weitzeckeri species group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the Afrotropical zoogeographical region. Zootaxa 2704, 1-90.