The Ants of Africa
Genus Tetramorium
Tetramorium glabratum Stitz
{Tetramorium glabratum ruitilum}

Tetramorium glabratum Stitz

return to group key {link to the Hymenoptera Name Server} Type location Namibia (Tetramorium solidum Em. r. glabratum, n. st., Stitz, 1923: 162, worker); junior synonym rutilum (Prins, 1973: 14, illustrated, worker & queen); unavailable name aciculatum (Tetramorium solidum Em. r. glabratum Stz. var. aciculatum n. var., Stitz, 1923: 162, worker); worker & queen only known (see Bolton, 1995) .

Stitz's (1923) description is at {original description}. Prins's (1973) description of rutilum is at {original description} and {original description}. Bolton's modern description (1980) is at {original description}.

{Tetramorium glabratum}WORKER - TL 5.0-5.7 mm (Bolton, 1980: 246, illustrated).
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