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Species: Tetramorium tonganum

Name Status: Valid Name

Taxonomic Hierarchy:

Subfamily: Myrmicinae Genus: Tetramorium

Taxonomic History (provided by Barry Bolton, 2013)

Tetramorium tonganum Mayr, 1870b PDF: 976 (w.) TONGA. AntCat AntWiki

Taxonomic history

Santschi, 1928a PDF: 50 (q.); Bharti & Kumar, 2012b: 23 (m.).

Senior synonym of Tetramorium magitae: Bolton, 1977 PDF: 129.

Distribution:

Kauai, Oahu, Maui, Hawaii and some Northwest Hawaiian Islands

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Specimen Data Summary

Found most commonly in these habitats: 21 times found in secondary forest, 19 times found in disturbed forest, 13 times found in primary rainforest, 5 times found in secondary rainforest, 2 times found in forest edge, 2 times found in Port of entry, 1 times found in Ngaremlengui aspirated from moss/epiphyte layer on betelnut trees near Ngarameskang, 1 times found in Pandanus & Casaurina forest, 1 times found in low canopy, looks like secondary forest; breadfruit, pandanus, strand veg, etc., 1 times found in bryophyte forest, ...

Collected most commonly using these methods or in the following microhabitats: 4 times hand collection, 1 times aspriated, 1 times davis-sifting; incidental aspirated, 1 times in different parts of rotten stump, 1 times winkler going down trail from peak of delaco

Elevations: collected from 40 - 875 meters, 330 meters average