Tetramorium edouardi Forel
Type location Ethiopia (Forel, 1894b: 82, worker; Santschi,
1919a: 344, queen); worker and queen described (see Bolton, 1995)
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Forel's (1894b) description is at
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Bolton's modern description (1980) is at
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WORKER - TL 3.5-4.2 mm; 11-segmented antennae. All dorsal surfaces
with numerous erect to suberect simple hairs, none on appendages.
Colour uniform mid-brown, gaster darker, appendages yellowish brown
(Bolton, 1980: 225, illustrated, alitrunk and pedicel).
Bolton (1980) listed findings from Ghana, at Legon (G. Benson);
Ivory Coast, at Lamto (J. Lévieux); and Cameroun,
at Kumba (H. Oldroyd). A savannah and grassland species. |