Species: Tetramorium viticola Weber, 1943

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Classification:

Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Genus: Tetramorium
Species: viticola

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Taxonomic History (provided by Barry Bolton, 2016)

Tetramorium viticola Weber, 1943d PDF: 372, pl. 16, fig. 31 (w.) SUDAN. Afrotropic. AntCat AntWiki HOL

Taxonomic history

Distribution:

Afrotropical Region: Central African Republic, Gabon, Kenya, Sudan, Uganda

Distribution Notes:

Reference for Kenya if not type: Kakamega Forest

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Caste of types: (w)

Specimen Habitat Summary

Found most commonly in these habitats: 4 times found in rainforest, 3 times found in station clearing, forest edge, 1 times found in moist evergreen forest, 1 times found in rainforest edge, forest clearing, 1 times found in secondary forest habitat.

Found most commonly in these microhabitats: 2 times on low vegetation, 1 times ex rotten branch on ground, 1 times ex dead twig above ground.

Collected most commonly using these methods: 3 times at light, 1 times Beat 25 sample transect, 10m, beating low vegetation, 1 times Fogging Teclea nobilis, 1 times hand collected, 1 times Nest in twig above ground.

Elevations: collected from 375 - 1650 meters, 1118 meters average

Type specimens: syntype of Tetramorium viticola: casent0901226

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