The Ants of Africa Genus Tetramorium Tetramorium microps (Mayr) |
Tetramorium microps (Mayr) Type location South Africa
(Triglyphothrix microps nov. spec., Mayr, 1901b: 25, worker
& queen; Bolton, 1976: 329, illustrated) - see below |
Mayr's (1901b) description is at . Arnold (1917: 337) gave a translation, this is at . Forel's (1910e) description of pallens is at . Forel's (1910f) description of auropunctatus is at . Forel's (1913a) description of fusciventris is at . Forel's (1913j) description of rhodesiana is at . Arnold (1917: 337) gave a translation of auropunctatus, this is at . Arnold's (1917) description of bulawayensis and translations of pallens, fusciventris and rhodesiana are at . Arnold (1926: 274) gave comments on auropunctatus, these is at . Bolton's modern description (1976) is at . WORKER - TL 2.3-2.5 mm (Mayr), TL 3.4-3.7 mm (Bolton) |
The photomontage is of a syntype worker collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0901139. |
© 2007, 2008, 2013 - Brian Taylor CBiol FSB FRES 11, Grazingfield, Wilford, Nottingham, NG11 7FN, U.K. |
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