The Ants of Africa
Genus Tetramorium
Tetramorium nigrum (Forel)

Tetramorium nigrum (Forel)

return to group key {link to the Hymenoptera Name Server} Type location Tanzania (Tetramorium pauper ssp nigrum, Forel, 1907a: 15, worker) from Arusha-Chini, Mto-ya-kifaru by Katona; worker only known (type location wrongly given as Kenya by Bolton, 1980 & 1995). junior synonym brevis (Weber, 1943c: 370) from Sudan: worker only known .

Forel's (1907a) description is at {original description}. Weber's (1943c) description is at {original description} Bolton's modern description (1980) is at {original description}.

WORKER - TL 1.9 mm (Bolton, 1980: 316, not illustrated.
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