Taxonomic History
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Tetramorium (Decamorium) decem var. ultor Forel, 1913k PDF: 217 (w.) ZIMBABWE. Afrotropic.
AntCat AntWikiTaxonomic history
Lectotype designation:
Hita Garcia & Fisher, 2014a PDF: 90.Combination in
Decamorium:
Wheeler, 1922: 906.Combination in
Tetramorium:
Hita Garcia & Fisher, 2014a PDF: 90.Subspecies of
Tetramorium decem:
Arnold, 1917 PDF: 351;
Wheeler, 1922: 906;
Emery, 1924f PDF: 289.Junior synonym of
Tetramorium decem:
Bolton, 1976 PDF: 298;
Bolton, 1995b: 169.Status as species:
Hita Garcia & Fisher, 2014a PDF: 90 (redescription).
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- AntWeb. Version 8.45.1. California Academy of Science, online at https://www.antweb.org. Accessed 15 December 2022.
Distribution
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Tetramorium ultor is widespread in eastern and southern Africa (Fig. 3). It is distributed from Kenya south to Mozambique, and also found in Zambia and Zimbabwe. Most localities are tropical dry forest habitats or miombo woodland. Also, Tetramorium ultor seems to be a ground-active species nesting in or under rotten logs and is likely termitophagous like the other group members.
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- Francisco Hita Garcia, Brian L. Fisher
- bibliographic citation
- Hita Garcia F, Fisher B (2014) 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 ZooKeys 411: 67–103
- author
- Francisco Hita Garcia
- author
- Brian L. Fisher
