Tetramorium tersum Santschi

Type location Kenya (Tetramorium tersum n. sp., Santschi, 1911c: 357, illustrated, worker) - no images on Antweb (April 2015)
junior synonyms
atrinodis (Xiphomyrmex kivuense Stiz stirps atrinodis n.st., Santschi, 1928f: 208, worker; synonymy Bolton, 1980) from Kenya - see below
kivuense (Tetramorium (Xiphomyrmex) kivuense n. sp., Stitz, 1911b: 386, illustrated, worker; Santschi, 1924b: 216 queen, synonymy Bolton, 1980) from Zaïre - see  http://www.antweb.org/specimenImages.do?code=rmcaent000017793
worker only known .

Regarded by Hita Garcia et al. (2010c: 22) as a junior synonym of Tetramorium edouardi.  They separated West African specimens off as a new species Tetramorium rubrum.

Santschi's (1911c) description is at . Stitz's (1916) description of kivuense is at . Santschi's (1924b) description of kivuense is at . Santschi's (1928f) description of atrinodis is at . Bolton's modern description (1980) is at .

WORKER - TL 4.5-4.8 mm; (Bolton, 1980: 232, illustrated).

The photomontage is of the atrinodis type worker, collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimenImages.do?code=casent0915086.

Antweb appear not have photographed the type worker but this, at least, appears significantly different to the red-brown holotype of T. eduoardi.