The ant genus Tetramorium Mayr in the Afrotropical region (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Myrmicinae): synonymisation of Decamorium Forel under Tetramorium, and taxonomic revision of the T. decem species group

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Title	The ant genus Tetramorium Mayr in the Afrotropical region (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Myrmicinae): synonymisation of Decamorium Forel under Tetramorium, and taxonomic revision of the T. decem species group
Author(s)	Francisco Hita Garcia Brian Fisher
Journal	ZooKeys
ISSN	1313-2989
Volume	411
Pages	67--103
DOI	10.3897/zookeys.411.7260
Year	2014
Publisher	Pensoft Publishers
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A monograph of the Formicidae of South Africa. Part III. Myrmicinae.
by G Arnold
Annals of the South African Museum 14 pages 271--402 (1917)
- 109852
La reserve naturelle integrale du Mt. Nimba. XI. Hymenopteres Formicidae.
by F Bernard
Memoires de l’Institut Francais d’Afrique Noire 19 pages 165--270 (1953)
The fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. Hymenoptera, Vol. II. Ants and Cuckoo-wasps
by CT Bingham
A survey of the leaf liter ant fauna in Ghana, West Africa (Hymenoptera: Formicidae).
by R Belshaw;B Bolton
Journal of Hymenoptera Research 3 pages 5--16 (1994)
The ant genera of West Africa: A synonymic synopsis with keys (Hymenoptera: Formicidae).
by B Bolton
Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology 27 pages 317--368 (1973)
The ant tribe Tetramoriini (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Constituent genera, review of smaller genera and revision of Triglyphothrix Forel.
by B Bolton
Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology 34 pages 281--379 (1976)
- 113560
The ant tribe Tetramoriini (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). The genus Tetramorium Mayr in the Ethiopian zoogeographical region.
by B Bolton
Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology 40 pages 193--384 (1980)
- 187
The ant genus Triglyphothrix Forel a synonym of Tetramorium Mayr. (Hymenoptera: Formicidae).
by B Bolton
Journal of Natural History 19 pages 243--248 (1985)
- 10.1080/00222938500770191
Identification guide to the ant genera of the world.
by B Bolton
A new general catalogue of the ants of the world.
by B Bolton
Synopsis and classification of Formicidae.
by B Bolton
Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute 71 pages 1--370 (2003)
An online catalog of the ants of the world
by B Bolton
Mission entomologique au Parc National de Pongara (Gabon). Bilan des Formicidae (Hymenoptera) récoltés.
by Y Braet;B Taylor
Bulletin de la Société royale belge d’Entomologie / Koninklijke Belgische Vereniging voor Entomologie 144 pages 157--169 (2008)
Tropical forest ecosystems in Africa and South America: a comparative review
by WL Brown
The Philippine Entomologist
by MVJ Calilung
Annales de la Société entomologique de Belgique
by C Emery
Intorno alla classificazione dei Myrmicinae.
by C Emery
Rendiconti delle Sessioni della Reale Accademia delle Scienze dell’Istituto di Bologna Classe di Scienze Fisiche (ns) 18 pages 29--42 (1914)
Genera Insectorum
by C Emery
The insect and spider collections of the world website
by NL Evenhuis
The American species of the myrmicine ant genus Carebara Westwood (Hymenoptera: Formicidae).
by F Fernández
Caldasia 26 pages 191--238 (2004)
Diversity patterns of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) along an elevational gradient on Monts Doudou in Southwestern Gabon.
by BL Fisher
California Academy of Sciences Memoir 28 pages 269--286 (2004)
Fourmis récoltées à Madagascar, par le Dr. Conrad Keller.
by A Forel
Mitteilungen der Schweizerischen Entomologischen Gesellschaft 7 pages 381--289 (1887)
Annales de la Société entomologique de Belgique
by A Forel
Fourmis de Rhodesia, etc. récoltées par M. G. Arnold, le Dr H. Brauns et K. Fikendey.
by A Forel
Annales de la Société entomologique de Belgique 57 pages 108--147 (1913a)
Ameisen aus Rhodesia, Kapland usw. (Hym.) gesammelt von Herrn G. Arnold, Dr. H. Brauns und Anderen.
by A Forel
Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 1913 pages 203--225 (1913b)
Bulletin de la Société Vaudoise des Sciences Naturelles
by A Forel
Traité élémentaire d’entomologie
by M Girard
A glossary of surface sculpturing.
by RA Harris
California Department of Food and Agriculture, Bureau of Entomology 28 pages 1--31 (1979)
A preliminary checklist of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Kakamega Forest (Kenya).
by F Hita Garcia;G Fischer;MK Peters;JW Wägele
Journal of East African Natural History 98 pages 147--165 (2009)
Taxonomy of the Tetramorium weitzeckeri species group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the Afrotropical zoogeographical region.
by F Hita Garcia;G Fischer;MK Peters
Zootaxa 2704 pages 1--90 (2010)
The ant genus Tetramorium Mayr (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the Malagasy region – introduction, definition of species groups, and revision of the T. bicarinatum, T. obesum, T. sericeiventre and T. tosii species groups.
by F Hita Garcia;BL Fisher
Zootaxa 3039 pages 1--72 (2011)
The ant genus Tetramorium Mayr (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the Malagasy region – taxonomic revision of the T. kelleri and T. tortuosum species groups.
by F Hita Garcia;BL Fisher
Zootaxa 3592 pages 1--85 (2012a)
The ant genus Tetramorium Mayr (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the Malagasy region – taxonomy of the T. bessonii, T. bonibony, T. dysalum, T. marginatum, T. tsingy, and T. weitzeckeri species groups.
by F Hita Garcia;BL Fisher
Zootaxa 3365 pages 1--123 (2012b)
The Tetramorium tortuosum species group (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Myrmicinae) revisited – taxonomic revision of the Afrotropical T. capillosum species complex.
by F Hita Garcia;BL Fisher
Zookeys 299 pages 77--99 (2013)
- 10.3897/zookeys.299.5063
The Ants of Kenya (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) – Faunal overview, first species checklist, bibliography, accounts for all genera, and Discussion on taxonomy and zoogeography.
by F Hita Garcia;E Wiesel;G Fischer
Journal of East African Natural History 101 pages 127--222 (2013)
The ants.
by B Hölldobler;EO Wilson
Klíc k urcování mravencu strední Evropy se zvlástním zretelem k mravencí zvírene Cech a Moravy. Entomol. Listy
by J Kratochvíl
Zootaxa
by JT Longino
Foraging, recruitment and predation by Decamorium uelense (Santschi) (Formicidae: Myrmicinae) on termites in southern Guinea Savanna, Nigeria.
by C Longhurst;RA Johnson;TG Wood
Oecologia 38 pages 83--91 (1979)
Formicina austriaca. Beschreibung der bisher im oesterreichischen Kaiserstaate aufgefundenen Ameisen nebst Hinzufuegung jener in Deutschland, in der Schweiz und in Italien vorkommenden Ameisen.
by G Mayr
Verhandlungen des Zoologisch-Botanischen Vereins in Wien 5 pages 273--478 (1855)
Unraveling the evolutionary history of the hyperdiverse ant genus Pheidole (Hymenoptera: Formicidae).
by CS Moreau
Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 48 pages 224--239 (2008)
R: A Language and Environment for Statistical Computing
by R Core Team
A review of the ant genera Leptothorax Mayr and Temnothorax Mayr (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of the eastern Palaearctic.
by A Radchenko
Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 50 pages 109--137 (2004)
Mkomazi: the ecology biodiversity and conservation of a Tanzanian savanna
by HG Robertson
Comparison of leaf litter ant communities in woodlands, lowland forests and montane forests of north-eastern Tanzania.
by HG Robertson
Biodiversity and Conservation 11 pages 1637--1652 (2002)
Afrotropical ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): Taxonomic progress and estimation of species richness.
by HG Robertson
Journal of Hymenoptera Research 9 pages 71--84 (2000)
Einiges über Ameisen.
by J Roger
Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift 1 pages 10--20 (1857)
Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift
by J Roger
Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift
by J Roger
Descriptions de nouveaux Formicides éthiopiens et notes diverses. I.
by F Santschi
Revue de Zoologie Africaine (Bruxelles) 11 pages 259--295 (1923)
- 113433
Revue Zoologique Africaine (Brussels)
by F Santschi
The ant genus Cardiocondyla (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Formicidae) – a taxonomic revision of the C. elegans, C. bulgarica, C. batesii, C. nuda, C. shuckardi, C. stambuloffi, C. wroughtoni, C. emeryi, and C. minutior species groups.
by B Seifert
Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museum Wien 104 pages 203--338 (2003)
The ants of Chile.
by RR Snelling;JH Hunt
Revista Chilena de Entomología 9 pages 63--129 (1976)
The diversity and abundance of ants in relation to forest disturbance and plantation establishment in southern Cameroon.
by AD Watt;NE Stork;B Bolton
Journal of Applied Ecology 39 pages 18--30 (2002)
Systematic Entomology
by PS Ward;SG Brady;BL Fisher;TR Schultz
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences
by WM Wheeler
Psyche (Cambridge)
by WM Wheeler
Ants collected by the American Museum Congo Expedition. A contribution to the myrmecology of Africa.
by WM Wheeler
Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 45 pages 1--1055 (1922)
A monographic revision of the ant genus Lasius.
by EO Wilson
Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 113 pages 1--201 (1955)
- 589
Pheidole in the New World. A dominant, hyperdiverse ant genus
by EO Wilson
Arboreal ant diversity (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in a central African forest.
by SP Yanoviak;BL Fisher;A Alonso
African Journal of Ecology 46 pages 60--66 (2007)

Only known citations between publications in BioNames are listed here.

[1] A monograph of the Formicidae of South Africa. Part III. Myrmicinae.
by G Arnold
Annals of the South African Museum 14 pages 271--402 (1917)
109852

[2] 109852

[3] La reserve naturelle integrale du Mt. Nimba. XI. Hymenopteres Formicidae.
by F Bernard
Memoires de l’Institut Francais d’Afrique Noire 19 pages 165--270 (1953)

[4] The fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. Hymenoptera, Vol. II. Ants and Cuckoo-wasps
by CT Bingham

[5] A survey of the leaf liter ant fauna in Ghana, West Africa (Hymenoptera: Formicidae).
by R Belshaw;B Bolton
Journal of Hymenoptera Research 3 pages 5--16 (1994)

[6] The ant genera of West Africa: A synonymic synopsis with keys (Hymenoptera: Formicidae).
by B Bolton
Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology 27 pages 317--368 (1973)

[7] The ant tribe Tetramoriini (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Constituent genera, review of smaller genera and revision of Triglyphothrix Forel.
by B Bolton
Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology 34 pages 281--379 (1976)
113560

[8] 113560

[9] The ant tribe Tetramoriini (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). The genus Tetramorium Mayr in the Ethiopian zoogeographical region.
by B Bolton
Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology 40 pages 193--384 (1980)
187

[10] 187

[11] The ant genus Triglyphothrix Forel a synonym of Tetramorium Mayr. (Hymenoptera: Formicidae).
by B Bolton
Journal of Natural History 19 pages 243--248 (1985)
10.1080/00222938500770191

[12] 10.1080/00222938500770191

[13] Identification guide to the ant genera of the world.
by B Bolton

[14] A new general catalogue of the ants of the world.
by B Bolton

[15] Synopsis and classification of Formicidae.
by B Bolton
Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute 71 pages 1--370 (2003)

[16] An online catalog of the ants of the world
by B Bolton

[17] Mission entomologique au Parc National de Pongara (Gabon). Bilan des Formicidae (Hymenoptera) récoltés.
by Y Braet;B Taylor
Bulletin de la Société royale belge d’Entomologie / Koninklijke Belgische Vereniging voor Entomologie 144 pages 157--169 (2008)

[18] Tropical forest ecosystems in Africa and South America: a comparative review
by WL Brown

[19] The Philippine Entomologist
by MVJ Calilung

[20] Annales de la Société entomologique de Belgique
by C Emery

[21] Intorno alla classificazione dei Myrmicinae.
by C Emery
Rendiconti delle Sessioni della Reale Accademia delle Scienze dell’Istituto di Bologna Classe di Scienze Fisiche (ns) 18 pages 29--42 (1914)

[22] Genera Insectorum
by C Emery

[23] The insect and spider collections of the world website
by NL Evenhuis

[24] The American species of the myrmicine ant genus Carebara Westwood (Hymenoptera: Formicidae).
by F Fernández
Caldasia 26 pages 191--238 (2004)

[25] Diversity patterns of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) along an elevational gradient on Monts Doudou in Southwestern Gabon.
by BL Fisher
California Academy of Sciences Memoir 28 pages 269--286 (2004)

[26] Fourmis récoltées à Madagascar, par le Dr. Conrad Keller.
by A Forel
Mitteilungen der Schweizerischen Entomologischen Gesellschaft 7 pages 381--289 (1887)

[27] Annales de la Société entomologique de Belgique
by A Forel

[28] Fourmis de Rhodesia, etc. récoltées par M. G. Arnold, le Dr H. Brauns et K. Fikendey.
by A Forel
Annales de la Société entomologique de Belgique 57 pages 108--147 (1913a)

[29] Ameisen aus Rhodesia, Kapland usw. (Hym.) gesammelt von Herrn G. Arnold, Dr. H. Brauns und Anderen.
by A Forel
Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 1913 pages 203--225 (1913b)

[30] Bulletin de la Société Vaudoise des Sciences Naturelles
by A Forel

[31] Traité élémentaire d’entomologie
by M Girard

[32] A glossary of surface sculpturing.
by RA Harris
California Department of Food and Agriculture, Bureau of Entomology 28 pages 1--31 (1979)

[33] A preliminary checklist of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Kakamega Forest (Kenya).
by F Hita Garcia;G Fischer;MK Peters;JW Wägele
Journal of East African Natural History 98 pages 147--165 (2009)

[34] Taxonomy of the Tetramorium weitzeckeri species group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the Afrotropical zoogeographical region.
by F Hita Garcia;G Fischer;MK Peters
Zootaxa 2704 pages 1--90 (2010)

[35] The ant genus Tetramorium Mayr (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the Malagasy region – introduction, definition of species groups, and revision of the T. bicarinatum, T. obesum, T. sericeiventre and T. tosii species groups.
by F Hita Garcia;BL Fisher
Zootaxa 3039 pages 1--72 (2011)

[36] The ant genus Tetramorium Mayr (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the Malagasy region – taxonomic revision of the T. kelleri and T. tortuosum species groups.
by F Hita Garcia;BL Fisher
Zootaxa 3592 pages 1--85 (2012a)

[37] The ant genus Tetramorium Mayr (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the Malagasy region – taxonomy of the T. bessonii, T. bonibony, T. dysalum, T. marginatum, T. tsingy, and T. weitzeckeri species groups.
by F Hita Garcia;BL Fisher
Zootaxa 3365 pages 1--123 (2012b)

[38] The Tetramorium tortuosum species group (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Myrmicinae) revisited – taxonomic revision of the Afrotropical T. capillosum species complex.
by F Hita Garcia;BL Fisher
Zookeys 299 pages 77--99 (2013)
10.3897/zookeys.299.5063

[39] 10.3897/zookeys.299.5063

[40] The Ants of Kenya (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) – Faunal overview, first species checklist, bibliography, accounts for all genera, and Discussion on taxonomy and zoogeography.
by F Hita Garcia;E Wiesel;G Fischer
Journal of East African Natural History 101 pages 127--222 (2013)

[41] The ants.
by B Hölldobler;EO Wilson

[42] Klíc k urcování mravencu strední Evropy se zvlástním zretelem k mravencí zvírene Cech a Moravy. Entomol. Listy
by J Kratochvíl

[43] Zootaxa
by JT Longino

[44] Foraging, recruitment and predation by Decamorium uelense (Santschi) (Formicidae: Myrmicinae) on termites in southern Guinea Savanna, Nigeria.
by C Longhurst;RA Johnson;TG Wood
Oecologia 38 pages 83--91 (1979)

[45] Formicina austriaca. Beschreibung der bisher im oesterreichischen Kaiserstaate aufgefundenen Ameisen nebst Hinzufuegung jener in Deutschland, in der Schweiz und in Italien vorkommenden Ameisen.
by G Mayr
Verhandlungen des Zoologisch-Botanischen Vereins in Wien 5 pages 273--478 (1855)

[46] Unraveling the evolutionary history of the hyperdiverse ant genus Pheidole (Hymenoptera: Formicidae).
by CS Moreau
Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 48 pages 224--239 (2008)

[47] R: A Language and Environment for Statistical Computing
by R Core Team

[48] A review of the ant genera Leptothorax Mayr and Temnothorax Mayr (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of the eastern Palaearctic.
by A Radchenko
Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 50 pages 109--137 (2004)

[49] Mkomazi: the ecology biodiversity and conservation of a Tanzanian savanna
by HG Robertson

[50] Comparison of leaf litter ant communities in woodlands, lowland forests and montane forests of north-eastern Tanzania.
by HG Robertson
Biodiversity and Conservation 11 pages 1637--1652 (2002)

[51] Afrotropical ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): Taxonomic progress and estimation of species richness.
by HG Robertson
Journal of Hymenoptera Research 9 pages 71--84 (2000)

[52] Einiges über Ameisen.
by J Roger
Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift 1 pages 10--20 (1857)

[53] Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift
by J Roger

[54] Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift
by J Roger

[55] Descriptions de nouveaux Formicides éthiopiens et notes diverses. I.
by F Santschi
Revue de Zoologie Africaine (Bruxelles) 11 pages 259--295 (1923)
113433

[56] 113433

[57] Revue Zoologique Africaine (Brussels)
by F Santschi

[58] The ant genus Cardiocondyla (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Formicidae) – a taxonomic revision of the C. elegans, C. bulgarica, C. batesii, C. nuda, C. shuckardi, C. stambuloffi, C. wroughtoni, C. emeryi, and C. minutior species groups.
by B Seifert
Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museum Wien 104 pages 203--338 (2003)

[59] The ants of Chile.
by RR Snelling;JH Hunt
Revista Chilena de Entomología 9 pages 63--129 (1976)

[60] The diversity and abundance of ants in relation to forest disturbance and plantation establishment in southern Cameroon.
by AD Watt;NE Stork;B Bolton
Journal of Applied Ecology 39 pages 18--30 (2002)

[61] Systematic Entomology
by PS Ward;SG Brady;BL Fisher;TR Schultz

[62] Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences
by WM Wheeler

[63] Psyche (Cambridge)
by WM Wheeler

[64] Ants collected by the American Museum Congo Expedition. A contribution to the myrmecology of Africa.
by WM Wheeler
Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 45 pages 1--1055 (1922)

[65] A monographic revision of the ant genus Lasius.
by EO Wilson
Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 113 pages 1--201 (1955)
589

[66] 589

[67] Pheidole in the New World. A dominant, hyperdiverse ant genus
by EO Wilson

[68] Arboreal ant diversity (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in a central African forest.
by SP Yanoviak;BL Fisher;A Alonso
African Journal of Ecology 46 pages 60--66 (2007)

A survey of the leaf liter ant fauna in Ghana, West Africa (Hymenoptera: Formicidae).

The ant genera of West Africa: A synonymic synopsis with keys (Hymenoptera: Formicidae).

Identification guide to the ant genera of the world.

A new general catalogue of the ants of the world.

An online catalog of the ants of the world

Mission entomologique au Parc National de Pongara (Gabon). Bilan des Formicidae (Hymenoptera) récoltés.

Tropical forest ecosystems in Africa and South America: a comparative review

The Philippine Entomologist

Intorno alla classificazione dei Myrmicinae.

The insect and spider collections of the world website

Diversity patterns of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) along an elevational gradient on Monts Doudou in Southwestern Gabon.

Traité élémentaire d’entomologie

A glossary of surface sculpturing.

A preliminary checklist of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Kakamega Forest (Kenya).

The Ants of Kenya (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) – Faunal overview, first species checklist, bibliography, accounts for all genera, and Discussion on taxonomy and zoogeography.

The ants.

Zootaxa

Foraging, recruitment and predation by Decamorium uelense (Santschi) (Formicidae: Myrmicinae) on termites in southern Guinea Savanna, Nigeria.

Formicina austriaca. Beschreibung der bisher im oesterreichischen Kaiserstaate aufgefundenen Ameisen nebst Hinzufuegung jener in Deutschland, in der Schweiz und in Italien vorkommenden Ameisen.

Unraveling the evolutionary history of the hyperdiverse ant genus Pheidole (Hymenoptera: Formicidae).

R: A Language and Environment for Statistical Computing

Mkomazi: the ecology biodiversity and conservation of a Tanzanian savanna

Comparison of leaf litter ant communities in woodlands, lowland forests and montane forests of north-eastern Tanzania.

Afrotropical ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): Taxonomic progress and estimation of species richness.

Revue Zoologique Africaine (Brussels)

The ants of Chile.

The diversity and abundance of ants in relation to forest disturbance and plantation establishment in southern Cameroon.

Systematic Entomology

Psyche (Cambridge)

Pheidole in the New World. A dominant, hyperdiverse ant genus

Arboreal ant diversity (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in a central African forest.

The ant genus Tetramorium Mayr in the Afrotropical region (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Myrmicinae): synonymisation of Decamorium Forel under Tetramorium, and taxonomic revision of the T. decem species group

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