Tetramorium delagoense

Identification
A member of the Tetramorium simillimum species group.

Collingwood and Agosti (1996) - This species is much like Tetramorium simillimum with very similar size, form and sculpture. It differs in having one or two projecting hairs on the genae at each side between the occiput and eye level. It is recorded from a wide area in Saharan and sub-Saharan Africa (Bolton 1980) and also recently in Palestine.

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: Angola, Comoros, Kenya, Mozambique, South Africa, Sudan, United Republic of Tanzania. Malagasy Region: Madagascar, Mayotte. Palaearctic Region: Israel.

Nomenclature

 *  delagoense. Tetramorium simillimum st. delagoense Forel, 1894b: 80 (w.q.m.) MOZAMBIQUE. Raised to species and senior synonym of madecassum: Bolton, 1979: 156.
 * madecassum. Tetramorium simillimum var. madecassum Forel, 1895c: 248 (w.) MADAGASCAR. Junior synonym of delagoense: Bolton, 1979: 156.