Tetramorium jizani

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Tetramorium jizani
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Crematogastrini
Genus: Tetramorium
Species: T. jizani
Binomial name
Tetramorium jizani
Collingwood, 1985

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Specimen Labels

This species, described from Saudi Arabia not far from the Yemen border, seems to replace the widely distributed Tetramorium simillimum in that area (Collingwood and Agosti 1996).

Identification

Keys including this Species

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Afrotropical Region: Saudi Arabia (type locality).

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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Paratype of Tetramorium jizaniWorker. Specimen code casent0906332. Photographer Estella Ortega, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. Owned by NML, Liverpool, UK.
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Paratype of Tetramorium jizaniWorker. Specimen code casent0906330. Photographer Estella Ortega, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. Owned by NML, Liverpool, UK.

Queen

Images from AntWeb

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Queen (alate/dealate). Specimen code casent0906331. Photographer Estella Ortega, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. Owned by NML, Liverpool, UK.

Nomenclature

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

  • jizani. Tetramorium jizani Collingwood, 1985: 264, fig. 48 (w.q.) SAUDI ARABIA.

Description

References