Tetramorium sericeiventre Emery, 1877

Sharaf, Mostafa R., Abdel-Dayem, Mahmoud S., Al Dhafer, Hathal M. & Aldawood, Abdulrahman S., 2013, The ants (Hymenoptera: formicidae) of Rawdhat Khorim Nature Preserve, Saudi Arabia, with description of a new species of the genus Tetramorium Mayr, Zootaxa 3709 (6), pp. 565-580 : 576-577

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3709.6.6

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:10D447D5-D5C0-409F-85FC-6E3E4619C487

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13920427

persistent identifier

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scientific name

Tetramorium sericeiventre Emery, 1877
status

 

Tetramorium sericeiventre Emery, 1877 View in CoL

( Fig.6 h, i View FIGURE 6 )

Tetramorium sericeiventre Emery, 1877:370 View in CoL View Cited Treatment . This is the most common Tetramorium View in CoL species found in the Arabian Peninsula ( Collingwood, 1985; Collingwood and Agosti, 1996; Collingwood et al. 2011) and is also broadly distributed in the savannah of tropical Africa. In Rawdhat Khorim, this species is very common and occurs during all months of the year, with a peak in December. It was observed foraging on C. procera View in CoL .

In the key to Arabian species (Sharaf et al. 2012:7) T. saudicum will key to couplet 16 along with chefketi and syriacum. Couplet 16 is modified here to separate the three species.

16. Mesosomal pilosity restricted to pronotum and first half of mesonotum, propodeum bare; SL 0.78–0.87; petiolar and postpetiolar nodes coarsely sulcate ( Russia & Arabia)......................................................... chefketi

- Mesosoma with abundant, stout and relatively long suberect hairs; SL 0.70–0.77; petiolar and postpetiolar nodes irregularly sculptured (Middle East).......................................................................... syriacum

- Mesosomal pilosity fine and acute apically and restricted to mesonotum, propodeal dorsum with a single pair; SL 0.50–0.55; petiolar node clearly irregularly rugulose; postpetiolar node distinctly strongly longitudinally rugulose ( Saudi Arabia)............................................................................................... saudicum sp. n.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Formicidae

Genus

Tetramorium

Loc

Tetramorium sericeiventre Emery, 1877

Sharaf, Mostafa R., Abdel-Dayem, Mahmoud S., Al Dhafer, Hathal M. & Aldawood, Abdulrahman S. 2013
2013
Loc

Tetramorium sericeiventre

Emery, C. 1877: 370
1877
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