Tetramorium opacum

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: Cameroun, Guinea, Kenya.

Nomenclature

 *  opacum. Rhoptromyrmex opacus Emery, in Forel, 1909b: 59 (footnote) (w.) CAMEROUN. Combination in Tetramorium: Ward et al., 2014: 15. Bolton, 1986a: 15 (q.m.). Senior synonym of esta, laeviceps, monodi: Brown, 1964c: 15.
 * esta. Rhoptromyrmex opacus var. esta Forel, 1909b: 59 (w.q.m.) DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO. Junior synonym of opacus: Brown, 1964c: 15.
 * laeviceps. Rhoptromyrmex opacus var. laeviceps Santschi, 1916b: 504 (w.) DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO. Junior synonym of opacus: Brown, 1964c: 15.
 * monodi. Rhoptromyrmex opacus r. monodi Bernard, 1953b: 251, fig. 14 (w.) GUINEA. Junior synonym of opacus: Brown, 1964c: 15.

Description
Worker with predominantly fine, opaque reticulate-punctulate sculpture over head and mesonotum; in some smaller specimens, the cephalic sculpture may be more shallow and more nearly shining. Metanotal groove present, moderately to deeply impressed. Petiolar node moderate in height, with broadly rounded summit; postpetiole subglobular, slightly wider than petiolar node and wider than long, its ventral surface without a prominent rounded process or tumulus. Color dull yellow to brownish-orange; according to Bernard, the type of subsp. monodi has the occiput and mesonotum blackish-brown. (after Brown, 1964i).

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

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 * Bolton B. 1976. The ant tribe Tetramoriini (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Constituent genera, review of smaller genera and revision of Triglyphothrix Forel. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Entomology 34:281-379.
 * Bolton B. 1986. A taxonomic and biological review of the tetramoriine ant genus Rhoptromyrmex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Systematic Entomology 11: 1-17.
 * Brown W. L., Jr. 1964. Rhoptromyrmex opacus, new synonymy of, and brief characterization. Pilot Regist. Zool. Card No. 15.
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 * Wheeler W. M. 1922. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. A contribution to the myrmecology of Africa. II. The ants collected by the American Museum Congo Expedition. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 45: 39-269.
 * 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