The Ants of Africa
Genus Tetramorium
Tetramorium nautarum (Santschi)

Tetramorium nautarum (Santschi)

return to group key {link to the Hymenoptera Name Server} Type location Annobon I. (Tetramorium caespitum stirps nautarum n. st., Santschi, 1918c: 156, worker; raised to species by Bolton, 1980) Reichensperger .

Santschi's (1918c) description is at {original description}. Bolton (1980) gave no description of nautarum commenting that it may be no more than a synonym of one of the European members of the caespitum-group.

From Santschi's description and the photomontage, I agree with Bolton that nautarum seems to differ little if at all from the caespitum type form.

{Tetramorium caespitum s.s.}http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0005827 Locality: U.S.A.: California: Yolo; Davis, CA; 38°33'00"N 121°45'00"W 15m
Collection Information: Collection codes: PSW13315 Date: 14 Apr 1997
Collected by: P.S.Ward Method: ground nest
Habitat: park/garden

WORKER - TL 2.6-2.7 mm (Bolton, 1980: 321, not illustrated).
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