Tetramorium quadrispinosum Emery

Type location South Africa (Emery, 1886: 362, illustrated, worker); junior synonyms montanum (T. blochmanni montanum, Forel, 1891b: 152, illustrated, worker) from Madagascar, angolense (Santschi, 1930b: 71, worker & queen) from Angola, beirae (Arnold, 1926: 252, worker) from Mozambique, calvum (Stitz, 1923: 162, worker) from Namibia, eudoxia (Forel, 1914d: 231, worker; Santschi, 1918b: 122; and its junior synonym elegans, Santschi, 1918b: 125, worker) from South Africa, otaviensis (Arnold, 1926: 253, worker) from Namibia and repertum (Santschi, 1926b: 242, worker) from Mozambique; plus unavailable name benguelense (Santschi, 1937d: 234, worker) from Angola; worker only described (see Bolton, 1995) .

Emery's (1886) description is at . Arnold (1917: 277) gave a translation, this is at . Forel's (1891b) description of montanum is at . Forel's (1914d) description of eudoxia is at . Arnold (1917: 277) gave a translation of eudoxia, this is at . Santschi's (1918b) description of elegans is at . Arnold (1926: 277) gave a translation of eudoxia, beirae and otaviensis, this is at . Stitz's (1923) description of calvum is at . Santschi's (1926b) description of repertum is at . Santschi's (1930b) description of angolense is at . Santschi's (1937d) description of benguelense is at . Bolton's modern description (1980) is at .

WORKER - TL 3.5 mm; generally more finely sculptured than sericeiventre and with a glossy gaster (Bolton, 1980: 330, not illustrated).

The photomontage of the holotype of blochmanni montanum from Madagascar is collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0101476.