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Taxonomic History (provided by Barry Bolton, 2021)

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Distribution:

  Geographic regions (According to curated Geolocale/Taxon lists):
    Africa: Gabon, Ghana, Kenya, Mozambique, Tanzania, Uganda, Zimbabwe
  Biogeographic regions (According to curated Bioregion/Taxon lists):
    Afrotropical

Distribution Notes:

Reference for Kenya if not type: Kakamega Forest

Specimen Habitat Summary

Found most commonly in these habitats: 5 times found in rainforest, 1 times found in tropical wet forest, 2 times found in moist evergreen forest, 1 times found in Primary forest, selectively logged 60 years previously, 1 times found in thicket woodland, 1 times found in Disturbed forest fragment, 1 times found in garden, 1 times found in littoral rainforest, 1 times found in montane forest, moist primary forest, 1 times found in primary forest habitat, ...

Found most commonly in these microhabitats: 4 times sifted litter, 2 times in soil, 2 times sifted litter (leaf mold, rotten wood), 1 times sifted leaf litter, 2 times leaf litter, 1 times Kakamega 2007 survey, leaf litter, 1 times ground nest at base of tree, 1 times ground forager(s), 1 times ex rotten log, 1 times on trees, 1 times nest in clay mound, ...

Collected most commonly using these methods: 2 times 10 Maxi Winkler, mixed sample, 1 times Winkler sifter, 1 times Hand collected, scraping soil to depth of 15 cm, 2 times MW 50 sample transect, 5m, 1 times 14 Maxi Winkler, mixed sample, 1 times 15 Maxi Winkler, mixed sample, 1 times Hand collected, scraping soil at night, 1 times hand collecting, 1 times transect 16, 120m, winkler extraction, 1 times transect 19, 1 times winkler extraction, Transect 21 120m, ...

Elevations: collected from 5 - 1650 meters, 934 meters average

Collect Date Range: collected between 1917-09-01 and 2019-01-11

Type specimens: syntype of Tetramorium zambezium: casent0280859

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