The ants (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of the Socotra Archipelago
Author
Collingwood, C. A., Pohl, F., Güsten, R., Wranik, W., van Harten, A.
text
Fauna of Arabia
2004
20
473
495
journal article
21117
0.5281/zenodo.12560
Tetramorium lanuginosum Mayr, 1870
Fig. 7
Tetramorium lanuginosum Mayr, 1870
. - Verh. Zool.-Bot. Ces. Wien 20: 976. (Indonesia: Java).
Specimens
examined:
Yemen
,
Socotra Island
:nest sample,
Adho Dimello, base camp
,
12°34N
54°02E
,
940 m
,
03.II.1999
,
H. Pohl
,
HLMD-Hym-2072
,
NHCY
.
Remarks: This species, likely of south-east Asian origin, is becoming an increasingly common tramp throughout tropical regions. It can be recognised by the smoothly rounded alitrunk dorsum and profuse long, often bifid body hairs.