Tetramorium galoasanum Santschi

Type location Congo (Tetramorium setuliferum Em. var galoasana, nov., Santschi, 1910c: 381, all forms; raised to subspecies Santschi, 1911c: 356; raised to species Bolton, 1980: 245) Brazzaville, Weiss.
all forms known (see Bolton, 1995) .

Santschi's (1910c) description is at . Bolton's modern description (1980) is at .

WORKER - TL 5.1-6.0 mm (Santschi, 1910c, had TL 4.5-5.0); head broader than long; dorsal surfaces densely clothed with appressed silvery glittering hairs, directed towards midline except on first gastral tergite; colour uniform red (Bolton, 1980: 245, not illustrated).

Type location Congo, Brazzaville, collected by A. Weiss, all forms collected.

The photomontage of a syntype worker is collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0901178.

Oxford University Museum specimens

Tetramorium galoasanum B Taylor det.

Congo Y Braet

25.i.2008 Iboubikro

tree savannah 24 h pitfall trap

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The photomontage is of a worker from Congo, Iboubikro; collectors Yves Braet & Eric Zassi, tree savannah 24 h pitfall trap.

Second specimen

Third specimen