Tetramorium raptor (lat.) - a species of ants of the genus Tetramorium from the subfamily Myrmicinae ( Formicidae ). The specific name comes from the Latin word "robber" [1] .
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Distribution
Africa : Cameroon and Nigeria [1] .
Description
Small earth ants; workers length 3-4 mm. They differ from similar species ( Tetramorium decem , Tetramorium ultor ) with wrinkled upper chest and head, small size, lighter limbs and relatively larger eyes. Workers head length (HL) 0.64–0.68 mm, head width (HW) 0.53–0.56 mm. Head with subparallel almost straight sides. The main body color is brown and black. The antennae of workers and females are 10-segmented. Antennal grooves well developed, long. 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. The abdomen is smooth and shiny. Nest in the ground [1] .
Taxonomy
Included in the species group Tetramorium decem species group. The species was first described in 2014 by American worldmecologists Francisco Hita Garcia and Brian L. Fisher ; Entomology, California Academy of Sciences , San Francisco , California , USA ) [1] .
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 Hita Garcia, F .; Fisher, BL The ant genus Tetramorium Mayr in the Afrotropical region (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Myrmicinae): synonymisation of Decamorium Forel under Tetramorium , and taxonomic revision of the T. decem species group (Eng.) // ZooKeys: Journal. - Sofia: Pensoft Publishers, 2014 .-- Vol. 411. - P. 67-103. - ISSN 1313-2970 . - DOI : 10.3897 / zookeys.411.7260 .
Literature
- Radchenko A.G. Ants of the genus Tetramorium (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of the fauna of the USSR. Message 1 and 2 (Russian) // Zoological Journal : Journal. - M .: Nauka, 1992. - T. 71 , No. 8 . - S. 39–49 and 50–58 .
- Bolton B. The ant tribe Tetramoriini (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). The genus Tetramorium Mayr in the Ethiopian zoogeographical region (Eng.) // Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology. - 1980. - Vol. 40 , no. 3 . - P. 193–384 .