Tetramorium schneideri (lat.) Is a species of ants of the genus Tetramorium from the subfamily Myrmicinae ( Formicidae ) [1] .
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Distribution
Mountains of Central and Central Asia. Afghanistan , Iran , Kazakhstan , Kyrgyzstan , Tajikistan , Turkmenistan , Uzbekistan . It inhabits lowland and lowland areas with desert and semi-desert biotopes. Nests in the soil, sometimes under rocks [1] [2] .
Description
Small earth ants; length of workers 3-4 mm (females are larger, 4-5 mm). Workers head length (HL) 0.66–0.90 mm, head width (HW) 0.65–0.90 mm. The main body color is reddish-brown, clypeus , mandibles , legs and antennae brownish-yellow (males brownish-black). The antennae of workers and females are 12-segmented with a 3-segmented mace. The lateral parts of the clypeus are keeled raised near the attachment point of the antennae. Wide -angled mandibles with serrated chewing margin. The stalk between the breast and the abdomen consists of two segments: the petiolus and postpetiolus (the latter is clearly separated from the abdomen), the sting is developed, pupae are naked (without cocoon ). Posterothorax with 2 short and wide propodeal spines. 1st abdominal tergite with longitudinal wrinkling and puncture (a distinctive feature of the Tetramorium striativentre species group), the last segments of the abdomen are smooth; wrinkled head and chest. Zoonecrophages, collect small arthropods and their remains, as well as plant seeds (karpofagi). Mating season in May [1] .
Taxonomy
Included in the species group Tetramorium striativentre species group. The species was first described in 1898 by the Italian worldmecologist Carlo Emery ( Italy ) using typical material from Uzbekistan (the only holotype of the worker was collected by Professor Oskar Schneider). For most of the 20th century, it was considered as a subspecies of Tetramorium striativentre schneideri . In 1985, the species status was restored by G. Dlussky and S. Zabelin [1] [3] [4] .
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 AG Radchenko, A. Scupola. Taxonomic Revision of the Striativentre Species Group of the Genus Tetramorium (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). (English) // Bulletin of Zoology: Journal. - Kiev, 2015 .-- Vol. 49, no. 3 . - P. 219-244. DOI 10.1515 / vzoo-2015-0024
- ↑ Dlussky G.M. , Soyunov O.S., Zabelin S.I. Ants of Turkmenistan. - Ashgabat: Ylym, 1989 .-- S. 207-208. - 273 p.
- ↑ Emery, C. 1898. Beiträge zur Kenntniss der palaearktischen Ameisen. Öfvers. Fin. Vetensk.-Soc. Förh. 20: 124-151 (page 145)
- ↑ Ruzsky, M. 1905. Über Tetramorium striativentre Mayr und Tetr. schneideri emery. Zool. Anz. 29: 517-518 (page 518, as a subspecies of striativentre)
Literature
- Dlussky G.M. , Soyunov O.S., Zabelin S.I. Ants of Turkmenistan. - Ashgabat: Ylym, 1989 .-- S. 140-142. - 273 p.
- Radchenko A.G. Ants of the genus Tetramorium (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of the fauna of the USSR. Message 1 and 2 // Zoological journal . - 1992.V. 71, No. 8. P. 39 - 49 and 50 - 58.
- Bolton, B. The ant tribe Tetramoriini (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). The genus Tetramorium Mayr in the Ethiopian zoogeographical region . // Bull. Br. Mus. (Nat. Hist.) Entomol. - 1980. 40: 193-384.