Contents Miscellaneous ants - Iran
SUBFAMILY MYRMICINAE - Genus Tetramorium
Tetramorium sulcinode Santschi

Tetramorium sulcinode Santschi

return to listIran list {link to the Hymenoptera Name Server} Type location Kyrgyzstan (Tetramorium caespitum L. v. sulcinode n. var., Santschi, 1927a: 33, worker; raised to species Csösz, Radchenko & Schulz, 2007, 31, illustrated, with queen and male descriptions) Ssemiretschie, nr Pischpek (Bishkek), N Kusnezow - see below

Junior synonym karakalense Dlussky & Zabelin, 1985: 229 from Turkmenistan (see Antweb).


Santschi's (1927a) description is at - {original description}. Csösz et al's (2007) redescription is at - {original description}.

In their key the latter separate T. sulcinode as having several short and a few longer straight setae (hairs) on the inderside of the head, forming a psammophore. Then, from the China/Mongolia species, T. annectens by the dorsum of petiolar node usually with semi-circular rugulae, ground surface smooth and shiny, postpetiole longitudinally rugulose, and shiny; petiole slightly narrower than postpetiole.


Tetramorium sulcinodeThe photomontage of the type worker is collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0915091.

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