Published December 31, 2012
| Version v1
Taxonomic treatment
Open
Tetramorium smaug
Creators
Description
Tetramorium smaug species complex
This complex includes the species T. adamsi,T. latreillei,T. marojejy,T. nazgul,T. sabatra, and T. smaug. They are all characterized by the presence of very strongly developed longitudinal rugae on the forecoxae, and the absence of sculpture on the first gastral tergite (except in some specimens of T. manongarivo, which have costulate sculpture on the basal half of the first gastral tergite).
The species within this group can be further divided into those with massive propodeal spines and reduced hairiness (T. latreillei,T. sabatra, and T. smaug), while the remaining three species are much hairier and have less massive propodeal spines (T. adamsi,T. marojejy, and T. nazgul).
Notes
Published as part of Hita Garcia, F. & B. L. Fisher, 2012, The ant genus Tetramorium Mayr (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the Malagasy region - taxonomic revision of the T. kelleri and T. tortuosum species groups., pp. 1-85 in Zootaxa 3592 on page 66
Files
Files
(1.1 kB)
| Name | Size | Download all |
|---|---|---|
|
md5:38750cd1c875072a2e4ed1e5abd3f1d5
|
1.1 kB | Download |
System files
(7.9 kB)
| Name | Size | Download all |
|---|---|---|
|
md5:d4b0f03a7dff7ef9b6e6c4221997f6cf
|
7.9 kB | Download |
Linked records
Additional details
Identifiers
Related works
- Is part of
- Journal article: http://publication.plazi.org/id/FFBCFFC2FFB3FFACFE12FFF966101E6A (URL)
- Journal article: http://zoobank.org/A2D9C9ED-C0BA-4B5F-A330-C9AB7D625704 (URL)
Biodiversity
- Family
- Formicidae
- Genus
- Tetramorium
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Hymenoptera
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Species
- smaug
- Taxon rank
- species