Tetramorium walshi

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Tetramorium walshi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Crematogastrini
Genus: Tetramorium
Species group: walshi
Species: T. walshi
Binomial name
Tetramorium walshi
(Forel, 1890)

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Specimen Labels

Synonyms

Identification

Keys including this Species

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 32.628611° to 7.85°.

   
North
Temperate
North
Subtropical
Tropical South
Subtropical
South
Temperate

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Indo-Australian Region: Philippines, Singapore.
Oriental Region: Bangladesh, India (type locality), Sri Lanka, Thailand.
Palaearctic Region: China.

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

Worker

Images from AntWeb

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Syntype of Triglyphothrix musculusWorker. Specimen code casent0904795. Photographer Z. Lieberman, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. Owned by MSNG, Genoa, Italy.

Nomenclature

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

  • walshi. Triglyphothrix walshi Forel, 1890b: cvii (w.q.) INDIA. Imai, Baroni Urbani, et al. 1984: 8 (k.). Combination in Tetramorium: Bolton, 1985: 247. Senior synonym of musculus, spuria: Bolton, 1976: 358.
  • musculus. Triglyphothrix musculus Forel, 1902c: 239 (w.) INDIA. Junior synonym of walshi: Bolton, 1976: 358.
  • spuria. Triglyphothrix walshi var. spuria Forel, 1912n: 58 (w.) SINGAPORE. Junior synonym of walshi: Bolton, 1976: 358.

Description

Karyotype

  • 2n = 14, karyotype = 14M (India) (Imai et al., 1984) (as Triglyphothrix walshi).

References

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