Tetramorium bicarinatum (Nylander)

Type location USA (Myrmica bicarinata, Nylander, 1846b: 1061, worker & queen; as Tetramorium guineense, Forel, 1891b: 151, male); junior synonym cariniceps (as Myrmica cariniceps, Guérin-Méneville, 1852: 79, worker) from Dominica, with its junior synonyms kollari (as Myrmica kollari, Mayr, 1853c: 283, all forms) from Austria, modesta (as Myrmica modesta, F Smith, 1860b: 108, worker) from Indonesia, and reticulata (as Myrmica reticulata, F Smith, 1862b: 33, worker) from Panama; identity and synonymization by Bolton, 1977: 94 .

Nylander's (1846b) description is at . Arnold's (1917: 307) gave a translation, as T. guineensis, this is at . Bolton's modern description (1980) is at .

WORKER - TL 3.4-4.5 mm (Bolton, 1977: 95, illustrated; Bolton, 1980: 267, not illustrated).

Note: Arnold (1917) included it as an exotic that might arrive in Africa but had not arrived when he wrote. Bolton (1980) has - "South Africa, Natal, Durban (C. P. Merwe) [introduced from Burma]".

The photomontage of is a specimen from Egypt; Elkorymat, Giza, E 31°31' N 30°01'; 23.vii.2003, collected by Mostafa Sharaf. Other images can be seen in the folder at -

The photomontage of a specimen from Madagascar is collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0102404. Collection Information: Specimen Code CASENT0102404; Locality Madagascar: [Périnet & vic.]; Collection codes: ANTC4625; Date: 18 Mar 1969; Collected by: W.L.Brown; Habitat: rain for.