Tetramorium mayri

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Tetramorium mayri
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Crematogastrini
Genus: Tetramorium
Species group: melleum
Species: T. mayri
Binomial name
Tetramorium mayri
(Forel, 1912)

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Specimen Labels

Identification

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Oriental Region: India (type locality), Sri Lanka.

Distribution based on AntMaps

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Distribution based on AntWeb specimens

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Countries Occupied

Number of countries occupied by this species based on AntWiki Regional Taxon Lists. In general, fewer countries occupied indicates a narrower range, while more countries indicates a more widespread species.
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Estimated Abundance

Relative abundance based on number of AntMaps records per species (this species within the purple bar). Fewer records (to the left) indicates a less abundant/encountered species while more records (to the right) indicates more abundant/encountered species.
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Biology

Castes

Images from AntWeb

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Syntype of Rhoptromyrmex mayriQueen (alate/dealate). Specimen code casent0901034. Photographer Ryan Perry, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. Owned by NHMUK, London, UK.

Nomenclature

The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.

  • mayri. Rhoptromyrmex mayri Forel, 1912n: 57 (q.) INDIA. Combination in Hagioxenus: Brown, 1964c: 19; in Rhoptromyrmex: Bolton, 1979: 173; in Tetramorium: Ward et al., 2014: 15. See also: Bolton, 1986a: 14.

Description

References

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

  • Forel A. 1912. Einige neue und interessante Ameisenformen aus Sumatra etc. Zool. Jahrb. Suppl. 15: 51-78.