Tetramorium
Genus Tetramorium Mayr, 1855 Tetramorium Mayr, 1855:423. Type-species: Formica caespitum Linne, 1758. Worker and queen. Lateral margins of clypeus raised into a ridge in front of antennal insertions; mandibles with 3 strong apical teeth followed by a row of smaller denticles. Sting with lamelliform...
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ftdatacite:10.5281/zenodo.6283822 2023-05-15T16:12:09+02:00 Tetramorium Collingwood, C. A. 1979 https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6283822 https://zenodo.org/record/6283822 unknown Zenodo http://publication.plazi.org/id/BD3B0D337E1DDAA0E4761CC6B14CB110 https://zenodo.org/communities/biosyslit http://publication.plazi.org/id/BD3B0D337E1DDAA0E4761CC6B14CB110 https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6283821 https://zenodo.org/communities/biosyslit Open Access Creative Commons Zero v1.0 Universal https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode cc0-1.0 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess CC0 Biodiversity Taxonomy Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Hymenoptera Formicidae Tetramorium Formica Formica caespitum article-journal ScholarlyArticle Taxonomic treatment Text 1979 ftdatacite https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6283822 https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6283821 2022-04-01T12:39:03Z Genus Tetramorium Mayr, 1855 Tetramorium Mayr, 1855:423. Type-species: Formica caespitum Linne, 1758. Worker and queen. Lateral margins of clypeus raised into a ridge in front of antennal insertions; mandibles with 3 strong apical teeth followed by a row of smaller denticles. Sting with lamelliform appendage. Pronotum of worker distinctly angled anterolaterally. Body hairs simple. Male. Antennae 10 segmented with elongate second funiculus segment, mandibles dentate. Body hairs simple. This is a very large genus with several hundred species mainly distributed throughout the palaeotropic and palaearctic regions. One species is native in North Europe and one or more subtropical cosmopolitan species are occasionally introduced and may become established in heated premises. Keys to species of Tetramorium Workers and queens 1 Frontal carinae short; body colour brownish black............ 28. caespitum (Linne) Frontal carinae extended backwards as longitudinal ridges almost to occipital margin; body colour yellowish to reddish brown.............................................. 2 2(1) Dorsum of alitrunk and petiole nodes coarsely rugulose; body hairs long and numerous. Queen has first gaster tergite with fine longitudinal striae at base (Fig. 113)...................................................................... bicarinatum (Nylander) Alitrunk finely rugulose with numerous punctures; body hairs short and sparse. Queen has postpetiole and first gaster tergite finely punctulate simillimum (Smith) Males Tetramorium bicarinatum (Nylander, 1846) [stat. rev. Bolton, 1977] Fig. 113. Myrmica bicarinata Nylander, 1846b: 1061. Worker and queen. Pale reddish, coarse reticulo-rugulose sculpture; frontal carinae 1 Postpetiole smooth and shining............................................ simillimum (Smith) Postpetiole punctured or regulose.................................................................. 2 2(1) Head and alitrunk yellowish brown. Frontal carinae extend backward to level of ocelli........................................................................ bicarinatum (Nylander) Head and alitrunk blackish brown. Frontal carinae short 28. caespitum (Linne) : Published as part of Collingwood, C. A., 1979, The Formicidae (Hymenoptera) of Fennoscandia and Denmark., pp. 1-174 in Fauna Entomologica Scandinavica 8 on pages 82-84 Text Fennoscandia DataCite Metadata Store (German National Library of Science and Technology) Bolton ENVELOPE(-62.967,-62.967,-65.017,-65.017) |
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Genus Tetramorium Mayr, 1855 Tetramorium Mayr, 1855:423. Type-species: Formica caespitum Linne, 1758. Worker and queen. Lateral margins of clypeus raised into a ridge in front of antennal insertions; mandibles with 3 strong apical teeth followed by a row of smaller denticles. Sting with lamelliform appendage. Pronotum of worker distinctly angled anterolaterally. Body hairs simple. Male. Antennae 10 segmented with elongate second funiculus segment, mandibles dentate. Body hairs simple. This is a very large genus with several hundred species mainly distributed throughout the palaeotropic and palaearctic regions. One species is native in North Europe and one or more subtropical cosmopolitan species are occasionally introduced and may become established in heated premises. Keys to species of Tetramorium Workers and queens 1 Frontal carinae short; body colour brownish black............ 28. caespitum (Linne) Frontal carinae extended backwards as longitudinal ridges almost to occipital margin; body colour yellowish to reddish brown.............................................. 2 2(1) Dorsum of alitrunk and petiole nodes coarsely rugulose; body hairs long and numerous. Queen has first gaster tergite with fine longitudinal striae at base (Fig. 113)...................................................................... bicarinatum (Nylander) Alitrunk finely rugulose with numerous punctures; body hairs short and sparse. Queen has postpetiole and first gaster tergite finely punctulate simillimum (Smith) Males Tetramorium bicarinatum (Nylander, 1846) [stat. rev. Bolton, 1977] Fig. 113. Myrmica bicarinata Nylander, 1846b: 1061. Worker and queen. Pale reddish, coarse reticulo-rugulose sculpture; frontal carinae 1 Postpetiole smooth and shining............................................ simillimum (Smith) Postpetiole punctured or regulose.................................................................. 2 2(1) Head and alitrunk yellowish brown. Frontal carinae extend backward to level of ocelli........................................................................ bicarinatum (Nylander) Head and alitrunk blackish brown. Frontal carinae short 28. caespitum (Linne) : Published as part of Collingwood, C. A., 1979, The Formicidae (Hymenoptera) of Fennoscandia and Denmark., pp. 1-174 in Fauna Entomologica Scandinavica 8 on pages 82-84 |
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