Tetramorium osiris (Bolton)
Type location Ghana (Triglyphothrix
osiris, Bolton, 1976: 332, illustrated, alitrunk and pedicel,
worker). Holotype worker and two paratypes only; known solely from the
type location, found in leaf litter at Mt. Atewa in (B.
Bolton, 10.viii.1968) .
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Bolton's description (1976)
is at .
WORKER - TL 2.8-2.9 mm; branched hairs primarily bifid
and
abundant, those on first gastral tergite primarily quadrifid. Colour
brown, alitrunk and pedicel much lighter than the gaster, which is very
dark brown (Bolton, 1976).
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