The Ants of Africa
Genus Tetramorium
Tetramorium legone Bolton

Tetramorium legone Bolton

return to group key {link to the Hymenoptera Name Server} Type location Ghana (Bolton, 1980: 240, not illustrated; from Legon by D. Leston, 22.iii.1972), the holotype and six paratypes .


Bolton's description (1980) is at {original description}.

WORKER - TL 3.1-3.3 mm; among species with 11-segmented antennae, it is unique in having the base of the first gastral tergite densely sculptured. Fine, simple, acute hairs dense on all dorsal surfaces, on first gastral tergite they lie flat and are directed towards the midline. Colour dark brown, gaster darker (Bolton, 1980).

A savannah species; also a single worker from Mokwa, Nigeria (C. Longhurst, 28.iv.1977), a true savannah location (see Longhurst & Howse, 1979b).


{Tetramorium legone}The photomontage of the holotype is collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0901170.


Oxford University Museum specimens

Tetramorium legone
B Taylor det.
Senegal
Tambacounda
B Ndiaye
7.v.2009
Bambaraya
13°06'30"N
12°05'18" W
Bambaraya 07-V-09 St 4 P 5 F
264 m; Soudanian savannah, pitfall traps


1
{album}
Tetramorium legone
B Taylor det.
Benin
J-F Vayssieres
RVA 2926
10.ix.2012
Korobourou
09°22'13'' N
02°40'16'' E
Mangifera indica orchard
Quadrat  1, tube 6, variété: Kent
Ground nesting

2
{album}

{Tetramorium legone}The photomontage is of a worker from Senegal, Bambaraya, collector B Ndiaye.


{Tetramorium legone}The photomontage is of a worker from Benin, Bambaraya, collector J-F Vayssieres (RVA 2926).

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