Tetramorium muscorum Arnold
  Type location Mozambique
(Tetramorium (Triglyphothrix) muscorum, Arnold, 1926: 274,
illustrated, worker) Amatongas Forest, G Arnold
worker only described (see Bolton, 1995)  .
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 Arnold's
(1926) description is at  . Bolton's modern
description (1976) is at  .
WORKER - TL 1.6-1.9 mm; 11-segmented antennae, dorsum of
head with numerous branched hairs and with a number of long, simple
hairs which are markedly longer than the adjacent branched hairs.
Colour yellow-brown, usually with the gaster darker (Bolton, 1976: 331,
not illustrated; reverted to Tetramorium from Triglyphothrix
by Bolton, 1985).
From forest areas across sub-Saharan Africa. Found in Ghana
at CRIG by Bolton (as Triglyphothrix muscorum,
Bolton, 1976); later found in leaf litter by Belshaw & Bolton
(1994b), who described it as widespread, but found only 18 workers from
six sites. Elsewhere in West Africa, Bolton (1976) listed findings from
Ivory Coast, at Divo (L. Brader); and Cameroun, no location
(G. Terron).
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 The
photomontage of a syntype worker is collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0901145.
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Oxford University Museum
specimens
Tetramorium muscorum
B Taylor det. |
Senegal
Lamine Diamé
26
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2012
Thiés
14°45'N
17°03'W
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Pout
Sizelec
S. seche
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1
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Tetramorium muscorum
B Taylor det. |
Benin
J-F Vayssieres
RVA 3021
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9.xi.2012
Korobourou
09°22'13'' N
02°40'16'' E
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Mangifera indica orchard
Quadrat 1, série 1, variété Gouverneur
ground nesting
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2
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Tetramorium muscorum
B Taylor det.
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Gabon
Y Braet
Gabon 185
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17-22.v.2006
Pongara
00°34' N
09°19' E
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Leaf litter, winkler
funnel
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4
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Tetramorium muscorum
B Taylor det. |
Gabon
Y Braet
Gabon 232
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27.vi-10.vii.2006
Pongara
00°34' N
09°19' E
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Leaf litter, winkler
funnel
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1
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 The
photomontage is of a worker from Benin, Korobouro; collector
J-F Vayssieres (RVA 3012).
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 The
photomontage is of a worker from Senegal, Thiés; collector
Lamine Diamé (26).
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 The
photomontage is of a worker from Gabon, Pongara National
Park; collector Yves Braet (Gabon 185).
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 The
photomontage is of a worker from Gabon, Pongara National
Park; collector Yves Braet (Gabon 232).
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