Tetramorium new species Cameroun FK sp 6
Type location Cameroun
TL ca 3.3 mm, HL 0.76 HW 0.71 CI 84 SL 0.62 SI 96 PW 0.60
This appears close to Tetramorium
magnificum but is significantly smaller, TL ca 3.3 mm, cf TL
4.8-5.2. The erect hairs also are shorter but are still longer
than the maximum eye diameter; the tibia hairs are about as long as the
maximum width of the tibia. Manibles quite coarsely striate. This has a
well defined median carina on
the clypeus, absent in magnificum
and lateral carinae.
The alitrunk profile smoothly but shallowly convex. The petiole
profile is near cubic, in contrast to what Bolton called the "core
species", i.e. Tetramorium
quadridentatum. Much darker red-brown, the gaster
darker, than magnificum.
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