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Species: Tetramorium (weitzeckeri) bessonii

Name Status: Valid Name

Taxonomic Hierarchy:

Subfamily: Myrmicinae Genus: Tetramorium

Taxonomic History (provided by Barry Bolton, 2013)

Tetramorium (Xiphomyrmex) bessonii Forel, 1891c PDF: 156, pl. 4, fig. 13 (w.) MADAGASCAR. AntCat AntWiki

Taxonomic history

Combination in Xiphomyrmex: Wheeler, 1922: 1031; in Tetramorium: Bolton, 1979 PDF: 141.

See also: Hita Garcia & Fisher, 2012a: 15.

Taxon Page Author History

Taxonomic Treatment (provided by Plazi)

Forel, A., 1895:
- L. 3,7 mill. - N oe uds du pedicule plus epais que chez le type, surtout le premier n oe ud, dont l'epaisseur est presque double. Le profil du mesonotum s'eleve en courbe rapide au dessus de la face basale du metanotum. A part la ride mediane et les deux aretes frontales prolongees, le devant de la tete n'a pas de rides longitudinales distinctes. Suture pro- mesonatale assez distincte. Face basale du metanotum lisse et luisante; epines un peu plus longues que la largeur du metanotum. Du reste comme le type.

Specimen Data Summary

Found most commonly in these habitats: 29 times found in urban/garden, 23 times found in grassland, 12 times found in spiny forest/thicket, 6 times found in Uapaca woodland, 8 times found in tropical dry forest, 2 times found in Bismarckia woodland, 1 times found in savannah shrubland, 1 times found in montane rainforest, 1 times found in tropical dry forest on Tsingy, 2 times found in open area near stream, ...

Collected most commonly using these methods or in the following microhabitats: 3 times Malaise trap, 4 times MW 50 sample transect, 5m, 1 times pitfall trap, PF 25 cup sample transect, 10m, 4 times Malaise, 1 times pitfall trap, PF 13 cup sample transect, 5m, 1 times pitfall trap, PF 20 tube sample transect, 10m, 2 times pitfall trap, PF 50 traps, 11 cm dbh with water, soap, formalin, nonlinear placement, 2 times pitfall trap, PF 50 tube sample transect, 5m, 1 times SD 20 digging sample transect, 10m, 1 times MW 20 sample transect, 10m, 1 times pitfall trap, PF 50 cup sample transect, 5m, ...

Elevations: collected from 5 - 1951 meters, 861 meters average