New species of Tetramorium Mayr (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Puebla State, Mexico

Abstract

Tetramorium notomelanum sp. n. is described from the Tehuacán Valley, state of Puebla, México. Its distribution and relation with other species of the tortuosum-group is discussed. The new species of Tetramonium is described from workers, and distinguished from others of the group by several characters: i) black coloration of the body; ii) size: T. notomelanum sp. n. is smaller than T. hispidum (Wheeler), T. mexicanum Bolton and T. spinosum (Pergande), but larger than T. bicolorum Vásquez-Bolaños and T. placidum Bolton; iii) length of the hairs of the dorsal of the head are equal to the diameter of eye; iv) the length of the hairs on the scape and tibiae less than the width of the appendage where they are located. This is the second species of the tortuosum group of Tetramorium found in the State of Puebla, and the fourth recorded in Mexico.

Taxonomy of the hyper-diverse ant genus Tetramorium Mayr in the Malagasy region (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Myrmicinae) – first record of the T. setigerum species group and additions to the Malagasy species groups with an updated illustrated identification key

“…These works provided an excellent foundation for the many later revisions or treatments of species groups/complexes or regions/subregions (e.g. Csösz et al 2007; Csösz and Schulz 2010; Hita Garcia et al 2010; Hita Garcia and Fisher 2011, 2012a, 2012b, 2013, 2014a, 2014b; Bharti and Kumar 2012; Sharaf et al 2012; Vásquez Bolaños et al 2011). The Malagasy Tetramorium fauna was first monographed by Bolton (1979), who treated eight species groups with 36 species (29 of these endemic to Madagascar).…”

Additions to the taxonomy of the Afrotropical Tetramorium weitzeckeri species complex (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Myrmicinae), with the description of a new species from Kenya

“…125 species (Hita Garcia & Fisher 2011, 2012a, 2012bFHG unpublished data). Due to its global distribution and hyper-diversity, new species of Tetramorium are continuously being discovered and described on a global level (e.g., Europe: Czösz et al 2007;Csösz & Schulz 2010;Central America: Vásquez-Bolaños 2007;Vásquez-Bolaños et al 2011;Saudi Arabia: Sharaf et al 2012;India: Bharti & Kumar 2012), but the bulk of the undescribed diversity is expected from the Afrotropical region. Even though Bolton (1980) revised the whole Afrotropical region and synonymized the former genus Triglyphothrix Forel, 1890 with Tetramorium (Bolton 1985), many undescribed species have been discovered in field studies and in a score of museum collections by the authors (Hita Garcia et al 2009Garcia et al , 2010Garcia et al , 2013.…”

The Tetramorium tortuosum species group (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Myrmicinae) revisited - taxonomic revision of the Afrotropical T. capillosum species complex

“…190 species) is distributed in the Palaearctic, Oriental, and Indo-Australian regions. By contrast, the Tetramorium fauna of the New World is rather depauperate with only seven native species (Bolton 1977, Marques et al 2011, Vásquez-Bolaños 2007, Vásquez-Bolaños et al 2011). …”

“…The Tetramorium tortuosum species group is distributed throughout the Old and New World tropics and subtropics, and with currently 50 species is one of the most species-rich groups within the genus (Bolton 1977, 1979, 1980, Marques et al 2011, Vásquez-Bolaños 2007, Vásquez-Bolaños et al 2011). As noted above, the New World has only seven native species all belonging to the Tetramorium tortuosum group (Bolton 1977, Marques et al 2011, Vásquez-Bolaños 2007, Vásquez-Bolaños et al 2011).…”

“…As noted above, the New World has only seven native species all belonging to the Tetramorium tortuosum group (Bolton 1977, Marques et al 2011, Vásquez-Bolaños 2007, Vásquez-Bolaños et al 2011). The group is also well-represented in the Oriental and Indo-Australian regions with eight and ten species respectively (Bolton 1977, Sheela and Narendran 1998).…”