Tetramorium bicarinatum (Nylander)
  Type location USA (Myrmica
bicarinata, Nylander, 1846b: 1061, worker & queen; as Tetramorium
guineense,
Forel, 1891b: 151, male) type worker lst (Bolton, 1980), not listed as
in the Finnish Museum of Natural History by Radchenko (2007).
junior synonym cariniceps (as Myrmica cariniceps,
Guérin-Méneville, 1852: 79, worker)
from Dominica - http://www.antweb.org/specimenImages.do?name=casent0235210
with its junior synonyms
kollari (as Myrmica kollari, Mayr, 1853c:
283, all forms) from Austria - http://www.antweb.org/specimenImages.do?name=casent0235200
modesta (as Myrmica modesta, F Smith, 1860b:
108, worker) from Indonesia
reticulata (as Myrmica reticulata, F
Smith, 1862b: 33, worker) from Panama - http://www.antweb.org/specimenImages.do?name=casent0901076
identity and
synonymization by Bolton, 1977: 94  .
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 Nylander's (1846b)
description is at  . Arnold's (1917: 307)
gave a translation,
as T. guineensis, this is at  . Bolton's modern description (1980) is at  .
WORKER
- TL 3.4-4.5 mm (Bolton, 1977: 95, illustrated; Bolton, 1980:
267, not illustrated).
Note: Arnold (1917) included it as an exotic that might
arrive in Africa but had not arrived when he wrote. Bolton (1980) has -
"South Africa, Natal, Durban (C. P. Merwe) [introduced
from Burma]".
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 The
photomontage of a syntype modesta
worker, as in Bolton (1977), is collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0235209.
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Oxford University Museum
specimens
Tetramorium bicarinatum
B Taylor det.
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Egypt
M Sharaf
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23.vii.2003
Giza
30°01' N
31°31' E
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Elkorymat
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5
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Tetramorium bicarinatum
B Taylor det. |
Egypt
M Sharaf |
17.viii.2007
Maseh Matrouh
31°21' N
27°14' E
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Kaseh Tourism Village
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1
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Tetramorium bicarinatum
B Taylor det. |
Saudi Arabia
M Sharaf
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25.ii.2005
Farasan Is.
16°42' N
42°11' E
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Red Sea
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1
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 The
photomontage of is a worker from Egypt; Elkorymat, Giza;
collector Mostafa Sharaf.
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 The
photomontage of a fresh queen is collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0064305.
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 The
photomontage of a fresh male is collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0064306.
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