Tetramorium tortuosum, Roger, 1863

Francisco Hita Garcia, T. T. & Fisher, Brian L., 2011, 3039, Zootaxa 3039, pp. 1-72 : 62

publication ID

1175­5334

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6319553

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/5B7887AA-FF90-FFD4-8A89-FBD295C09D72

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Felipe

scientific name

Tetramorium tortuosum
status

 

Tetramorium tortuosum View in CoL species group

Diagnosis

Eleven-segmented antennae; anterior clypeal margin medially impressed; frontal carinae well-developed and usually running to posterior head margin; anterior face of mesosoma weakly developed; margination between lateral and dorsal mesosoma variably developed; propodeal spines always long to very long, and spinose; propodeal lobes triangular and short; petiolar node rectangular nodiform to clublike, antero- and posterodorsal angles usually well-defined, usually longer than high and longer than wide, sometimes roughly as long as high but then longer than wide; postpetiole usually roughly rounded; mandibles strongly sculptured in most species; cephalic sculpturation distinct and predominantly longitudinally rugose; mesosoma and waist segments with distinct sculpturation; gaster generally unsculptured and smooth, but sculpturation present in a few species; in most species all dorsal surfaces of head, mesosoma, waist segments and first gastral tergite with abundant long, standing hairs, never short, dense, and appressed; sting appendage spatulate.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Formicidae

Genus

Tetramorium

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