Genus Tetramorium Mayr, 1855
- Tetramorium Mayr, G.L. 1855. Formicina Austriaca. Verhandlungen der Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 5: Abhand. 273-478 [423] [redefined in Bolton, B. 1976. The ant tribe Tetramoriini (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Constituent genera, review of smaller genera and revision of Triglyphothrix Forel. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomol. 34: 283–379 [28 Oct. 1976]].
Type species:
Formica caespita Linnaeus, 1758 by subsequent designation, see Girard, M. 1879. Traité élémentaire d'Entomologie. Hymenoptères porte-aiguillon. Paris : Baillière Vol. 2 577-1028 pp., 7 pls. [1016].Secondary source:
Wheeler, W.M. 1913. Corrections and additions to "list of the type species of the genera and subgenera of Formicidae". Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 23: 77-83 [29 May 1913]; Bolton, B. 1976. The ant tribe Tetramoriini (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Constituent genera, review of smaller genera and revision of Triglyphothrix Forel. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomol. 34: 283-379 [28 Oct. 1976]. - Triglyphothrix Forel, A. 1890. Aenictus-Typhlatta découverte de M. Först Wroughton. Nouveaux genres de Formicides. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique (Comptes-rendus) 34: cii-cxiv [106].
Type species:
Triglyphothrix walshi Forel, 1890 by monotypy. - Rhoptromyrmex Mayr, G.L. 1901. Südafrikanische Formiciden, gesammelt von Dr. Hans Brauns. Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien 16: 1-30 pls 1-2 [18 pls 1-2] [redefined in Bolton, B. 1976. The ant tribe Tetramoriini (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Constituent genera, review of smaller genera and revision of Triglyphothrix Forel. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomol. 34: 283–379 [28 Oct. 1976] [298]].
Type species:
Rhoptromyrmex globulinodis Mayr, 1901 by subsequent designation, see Wheeler, W.M. 1911. A list of the type species of the genera and subgenera of Formicidae. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 21: 157-175 [17 Oct. 1911].Secondary source:
Bolton, B. 1976. The ant tribe Tetramoriini (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Constituent genera, review of smaller genera and revision of Triglyphothrix Forel. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomol. 34: 283-379 [28 Oct. 1976].
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Bolton, B. 1985. The ant genus Triglyphothrix Forel a synonym of Tetramorium Mayr. Journal of Natural History 19: 243–248 [247]
- Ward, P.S., Brady, S.G., Fisher, B.L. & Schultz, T.R. 2015. The evolution of myrmicine ants: phylogeny and biogeography of a hyperdiverse ant clade (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Systematic Entomology 40(1): 61–81 [Date published January 2015: Published online (Early View) on 23 July 2014. However, the ZooBank registration entry for this article does not give the name and internet address of an organization other than the publisher that is intended to permanently archive the work. Under ICZN Article 8.5.3.1 the online (Early View) version of this paper does not meet the ICZN criteria for electronic publication and therefore the publication date for nomenclatural purposes is January 2015, the date of print publication.] [15] (Rhoptromyrmex synonymy)
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Palaearctic, Ethiopian, Malagasy and Oriental Regions; New Guinea, east Melanesia, New Caledonia and parts of Polynesia in Australian Region.
IBRA
NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Central Arnhem (CA), Carnarvon (CAR), Channel Country (CHC), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Coolgardie (COO), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Central Ranges (CR), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Finke (FIN), Gascoyne (GAS), Gibson Desert (GD), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Gulf Plains (GUP), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Murchison (MUR), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Nullarbor (NUL), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Pilbara (PIL), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Victorian Midlands (VM), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)
Other Regions
Christmas Island terrestrial & freshwater, Lord Howe Island terrestrial & freshwater, Norfolk Island terrestrial & freshwater
Distribution References
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01-Jun-2021 | FORMICIDAE Latreille, 1809 | 13-Dec-2018 | MODIFIED | |
| 23-Mar-2015 | FORMICIDAE | 10-Mar-2015 | MODIFIED | |
| 07-Aug-2012 | 19-Feb-2013 | MODIFIED | ||
| 07-Aug-2012 | 14-Feb-2011 | MODIFIED | ||
| 25-May-2010 | MODIFIED |