Tetramorium weitzeckeri Emery
Type location South Africa (Tetramorium (Xiphomyrmex)
Weitzeckeri, n. sp., Emery, 1895h: 39, worker; Arnold, 1917:
346, queen); junior synonyms edithae (Weber, 1943c: 375,
worker) from Sudan, escherichi (Forel, 1910c: 259,
worker & queen) from Eritrea (Ethiopia in Bolton,
1980); and nigellus (Santschi, 1932a: 389, worker &
queen) from Zimbabwe; worker and queen only known (see
Bolton, 1995)  .
Emery's (1895h) description is at
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Arnold (1917: 346) gave a translation plus the description of the
queen, this is at
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Forel's (1910c) description of escherichi is at
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Santschi's (1932a) description of nigellus is at
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Weber's (1943c) description of edithae is at
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Bolton's modern description (1980) is at
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WORKER - TL 3.0-4.1 mm; antennae 11-segmented, one of most
variable as regards size, pilosity and sculpturation. Bolton
(1980: 233, illustrated) considered splitting specimens from
western areas (Gabon, Angola) from those from eastern countries (I
have done exactly that for
Tetramorium
ebeninum, Arnold, 1926: 277, illustrated, worker) from
South Africa,.
Bolton (1980) listed findings from Central African Republic
(Haut Mbomu, by N A Weber); Gabon (Plateau d'Ipassa, by J
A Barra); and Zaïre (W side of Ruwenzori, Ituri, Beni
Irumu, by N A Weber; Elizabethville, by J Bequaert; Haut Uelé
Moto, by L Burgeon), as well as numerous southern and eastern
African occurrences. |
The photomontage is collated from