Tetramorium simillimum

Tetramorium simillimum (Smith, 1851) Myrmica simillima Smith, 1851:118. Workers and queen. Weakly sculptured, pale red much smaller than T. guineense. Length of worker: 1.6-2 mm, queen: 2.2-2.5 mm. Male. Light yellowish red; occiput rounded. Length: 2.5 mm. Biology. This cosmopolitan species occasio...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Collingwood, C. A.
Format: Other/Unknown Material
Language:unknown
Published: 1979
Subjects:
Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Formicidae
Tetramorium
Tetramorium simillimum
Fennoscandia
Online Access:https://zenodo.org/record/6283826
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6283826
Description
Summary:Tetramorium simillimum (Smith, 1851) Myrmica simillima Smith, 1851:118. Workers and queen. Weakly sculptured, pale red much smaller than T. guineense. Length of worker: 1.6-2 mm, queen: 2.2-2.5 mm. Male. Light yellowish red; occiput rounded. Length: 2.5 mm. Biology. This cosmopolitan species occasionally occurs in heated glasshouses in Europe and has been recorded from Denmark and also on several occasions in England. Published as part of Collingwood, C. A., 1979, The Formicidae (Hymenoptera) of Fennoscandia and Denmark., pp. 1-174 in Fauna Entomologica Scandinavica 8 on page 85

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