Tetramorium furtivum (Arnold)

Type location Zimbabwe (Triglyphothrix furtiva n. sp., Arnold, 1956: 69, illustrated, worker & queen; see Bolton, 1995, including name re-spelling) Vumba Mts., 9.xi.1953, G Arnold
worker only described .

Arnold's (1956) description is at Bolton's modern description (1976) is at .

WORKER - TL 2.2-2.5 mm; branched hairs abundant, most trifid but usually a number of bifid hairs on the first gastral tergite. Colour black or blackish brown, appendages lighter (Bolton, 1976: 325, not illustrated).

Widely distributed in wet forests of sub-Saharan Africa including Ghana, at CRIG (B. Bolton; D. Leston) and the South Scarp Forest (W.H. Gotwald); and Cameroun, at Ototomo (G. Terron) (Bolton, 1976). Also, as Tetramorium furtivum, found in leaf litter by Belshaw & Bolton (1994b) in Ghana, where they describe it as widespread (689 workers in 8 samples).

The photomontage is of a worker from Ghana; collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0217072.
Listed by Belshaw & Bolton (1994b).

Oxford University Museum specimens

Tetramorium furtivum B Taylor det.	Gabon Y Braet Gabon 136	8.viii.2006 Pongara 00°34' N 09°19' E	Riverine leaf litter; 72 h winkler funnel	2
Tetramorium furtivum B Taylor det.	Gabon Y Braet Gabon 137	8.viii.2006 Pongara 00°34' N 09°19' E	Riverine leaf litter; 72 h winkler funnel	1

The photomontage is of a worker from Gabon, Pongara National Park; collector Yves Braet (Gabon 136).

Previously listed by me under T. minimum.

The photomontage is of a worker from Gabon, Pongara National Park; collector Yves Braet (Gabon 137).