Tetramorium gegaimi (Forel)
Type location Zaïre (Tetramorium camerunense Mayr
v. gegaimi n.v., Forel, 1916: 412, worker & queen)
collected at St. Gabriel, by H Kohl
.
Forel's (1916) description is at
.
Found in an abandoned termite nest. Bolton's modern description (1980)
is at .
WORKER - TL 2.4-2.6 mm; distinct transverse ridge on petiole node;
all dorsal surfaces with numerous blunt hairs, scapes and outer hind
and mid-tibiae only with pubescence, colour head and alitrunk light
brownish yellow, gaster darker (Bolton, 1980: 338, illustrated.
alitrunk profile and face). |