Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Formicoidea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Hymenopterida
Ordo: Hymenoptera
Subordo: Apocrita
Superfamilia: Formicoidea

Familia: Formicidae
Subfamilia: Myrmicinae
Tribus: Tetramoriini
Genus: Tetramorium
Species: Tetramorium isoelectrum

Name

Tetramorium isoelectrum Hita Garcia & Fisher, 2012: 40, figs. 59, 64, 65, 93, 94, 95, 141

Holotype: CASC CASENT0152199, worker.
Paratype: One worker with same data as holotype except sampled from ground and collection code BLF22648 (CASC: CASENT0152192).
Type locality: MADAGASCAR, Antsiranana, Betaolana Forest, along Bekona River, 14.52996 S, 49.44039 E, 880 m, rainforest, on low vegetation, collection code BLF22647, 5.III.2009 (B.L. Fisher et al.).
Etymology: The name of the species is composed of “iso”, which is Old Greek meaning “equal”, and “electrum”, which is the species epithet of T. electrum. Tetramorium electrum and T. isoelectrum are very similar, and the species name reflects this.

References

  • Hita Garcia, F.; Fisher, B.L. 2012: The ant genus Tetramorium Mayr (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the Malagasy region—taxonomic revision of the T. kelleri and T. tortuosum species groups. Zootaxa 3592: 1–85. Preview PDF Reference page. 
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