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Tetramorium

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Tetramorium is a genus of ants in the subfamily Myrmicinae that includes more than 520 species. These ants are also known as pavement ants.

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumArthropoda
  3. ClassInsecta
  4. OrderHymenoptera
  5. FamilyFormicidae
Observations recorded102,793

Se distingue des autres especes des Xiphomyrmex et des Rogeria par son enorme tete, par son exiguite, par son habitat nearctique et par ses teguments lisses.

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
5,858
With media
486
Family
Formicidae
Collections
UQROO, IFIT-CP
Recorded in
Mexico

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
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Tetramorium immigrans casent0005827 profile 1.jpg
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taxon name
Tetramorium
taxon rank
genus
Commons category
Tetramorium
topic's main category
Category:Tetramorium
taxon common name
sandmaur
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  • Taxonomy and phylogeny
  • Description
  • Distribution
  • Biology
  • Species
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Tetramorium is a genus of ants in the subfamily Myrmicinae that includes more than 520 species. These ants are also known as pavement ants.

== Taxonomy and phylogeny == Tetramorium was first described by Gustav Mayr in 1855 in the same publication as Monomorium.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Tetramorium” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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