Tetramorium microps (Mayr)

Type location South Africa (Triglyphothrix microps nov. spec., Mayr, 1901b: 25, worker & queen; Bolton, 1976: 329, illustrated); junior synonyms auropunctatus (Forel, 1910f: 20, worker & queen) from South Africa, bulawayensis (Arnold, 1917: 335, worker) from Zimbabwe, fusciventris (Forel, 1913a: 116, worker) from Zimbabwe, pallens (Forel, 1910e: 424, worker) from South Africa and rhodesiana (Forel, 1913j: 221, queen) from Zimbabwe .

Mayr's (1901b) description is at . Arnold (1917: 337) gave a translation, this is at . Forel's (1910e) description of pallens is at . Forel's (1910f) description of auropunctatus is at . Forel's (1913a) description of fusciventris is at . Forel's (1913j) description of rhodesiana is at . Arnold (1917: 337) gave a translation of auropunctatus, this is at . Arnold's (1917) description of bulawayensis and translations of pallens, fusciventris and rhodesiana are at . Arnold (1926: 274) gave comments on auropunctatus, these is at . Bolton's modern description (1976) is at .

WORKER - TL 2.3-2.5 mm (Mayr), TL 3.4-3.7 mm (Bolton)