Tetramorium robini Taylor new species

Type location Central African Republic queen only .

DESCRIPTION OF QUEEN (or Gyne): Comparison with Tetramorium aculeatum queens from the Central African Republic - overall size smaller, wing smaller; CuA cell proportionally smaller; mandibles completely smooth; head frontal area with little sculpturation; eye longer than wide (circular in aculeatum); head in profile with occiput shallowly but distinctly convex (near flat in aculeatum); distance between dorsal ocelli = 2.11 X length of ocelli (in aculeatum = 2.84); HW/width across eyes/HW = 123 (aculeatum = 118); CI = 84 (aculeatum CI = 90); funiculus segment 3-4 together shorter than segment 1 (in aculeatum 3+4 = 1); scape proportionally longer and SL greater; pronotum dorsum with 9-10 strong parallel rugae; postpetiole in profile relatively narrow; longer erect hairs on hind legs and scapes; overall much paler orange-brown (aculeatum ranging from near black to brown.

Named for the son of the collector, Dr Philippe Annoyer.

Specimen deposited in the Oxford University Museum of Natural History.

Oxford University Museum specimens

Tetramorium robini B Taylor det. Queen	Central African Republic P Annoyer HP	09.x.2008 Dzanga-Sangha 03°07'06.4" N 16°07'59.2" E	373 m; Camp de transit 1; 18h30-3h; Bord fleuve Sangha	1
Tetramorium robini B Taylor det. Queen	Central African Republic P Annoyer NS	24.xi.2010 Dzanga-Sangha 2°28'49.5"N 16°12'55.9"E	392 m; nuit : 18h - 6h, UV, Azobée, sol, camp de base lac 1	1

The photomontage is of a queen from the Central African Republic, Dzanga-Sangha NP; 09.x.2008; 18h30-3h; Camp de transit 1; 03°07'06.4" N 16°07'59.2" E 373 m; Bord fleuve Sangha; collector Philippe Annoyer (CAR HP).

The photomontage is of a second queen from the Central African Republic, Dzanga-Sangha NP; 09.x.2008; 18h30-3h; Camp de transit 1; 03°07'06.4" N 16°07'59.2" E 373 m; Bord fleuve Sangha; collector Philippe Annoyer,