Tetramorium erectum Emery

Type location South Africa (Tetramorium guineense Fab., var erectum, Emery, 1895h: 37, worker; raised to species, Bolton, 1987: 269) Vrijburg - see below
junior synonym bacchus (Tetramorium Bacchus n. sp., Forel, 1910e: 426, worker) from South Africa, Natal, Haviland - see http://www.antweb.org/specimenImages.do?code=casent0909123
worker only described .

Emery's (1895h) description is at . Arnold (1917: 307) gave a translation, this is at . Forel's (1910e) description of bacchus is at . Arnold (1917: 309) gave a translation of bacchus, this is at . Bolton's modern description (1980) is at .

WORKER - TL 4.2-5.0 mm (Bolton, 1980; 269, illustrated).

The photomontage is of a worker from the type collection collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0904837.

The photomontage is of a worker from South Africa collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0100793.

Oxford University Museum specimens

Tetramorium notiale B Taylor det.	South Africa Peter Hlavác	25-26.i.2004 Grootvadersbosch 33°59.39' S 20°48.32' E	Western Cape, Grootvadersbosch N.R., S&E; 350 m	2
Tetramorium notiale B Taylor det.	South Africa Peter Hlavác	25-26.i.2004 Grootvadersbosch 33°59.39' S 20°48.32' E	Western Cape, Grootvadersbosch N.R., SE; 350 m Queen	2

The photomontage is of a worker from South Africa, Western Cape, Grootvadersbosch N.R.; collector Peter Hlavác.
Previously thought by me to be Tetramorium notiale.

The photomontage is of a queen from South Africa, Western Cape, Grootvadersbosch N.R.; collector Peter Hlavác.