Tetramorium boltoni Hita Garcia, Fischer & Peters

Type location Kenya (Tetramorium boltoni, sp. n., Hita Garcia, Fischer & Peters, 2010c: 66, illustrated worker); worker and queen only known .

The Hita Garcia, Fischer & Peters (2010) description is protected by copyright.

WORKER - TL 3.0-4.1 mm; antennae 11-segmented, one of most variable as regards size, pilosity and sculpturation. Bolton (1980: 233, illustrated) considered splitting specimens from western areas (Gabon, Angola) from those from eastern countries. Hita Garcia, Fischer & Peters have done exactly that, leaving the larger, generally paler forms as T. weitzeckeri.

Bolton (1980) listed findings, as T. weitzeckeri, from Central African Republic (Haut Mbomu, by N A Weber); Gabon (Plateau d'Ipassa, by J A Barra); and Zaïre (W side of Ruwenzori, Ituri, Beni Irumu, by N A Weber; Elizabethville, by J Bequaert; Haut Uelé Moto, by L Burgeon), as well as numerous southern and eastern African occurrences.

The photomontage of the holotype worker is collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0217229.

Oxford University Museum specimens

Tetramorium boltoni B Taylor det.	Congo E Zassi 18-t-1-1 sp 18 & sp 21	16-17.xi.2007 Lésio-Louna 03°16'56.5" S 015°28'28.3" E	Wooded Savannah; 24h pitfall trap	2
Tetramorium boltoni B Taylor det.	Congo E Zassi 02-t-2 sp 40	19-20.xi.2007 Lésio-Louna 03°16'58.6" S 015°28'26.2" E	Wooded Savannah; 24h pitfall trap	1

The photomontage is of a worker from Congo, Réserve de Lésio-Louna; collector Eric Zassi (msp 21; pitfall trap 14, t 1.1).

The photomontage is of a worker from Congo, Réserve de Lésio-Louna; collector Eric Zassi msp 40; pitfall trap 02, t 2).