Tetramorium versiculum Bolton
Type location Ghana (Bolton, 1980: 343, not illustrated,
worker) .
Bolton's description (1980) is at
.
The holotype worker, plus one paratype worker, was collected
from leaf litter at CRIG by Bolton (8.ii.1970) (1980). Other Ghana
records he listed were from Mepom and Okumaning (D. Leston), and
Mampong (P. M. Room). |
WORKER - TL 3.1-3.3 mm; similar to
Tetramorium
lucayanum but much more coarsely sculptured. All dorsal
surfaces with numerous standing hairs. Colour blackish brown to
black.
From Ivory Coast were two collections, 42 workers from
Nzi Noua, from a degraded forest log (W.L. & D.E. Brown,
13.i.1977), and from Banco Forest (W.L. Brown). |