Additions to the taxonomy of the Afrotropical Tetramorium weitzeckeri species complex (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Myrmicinae), with the description of a new species from Kenya
- This study presents a taxonomic update of the Tetramorium weitzeckeri species group. Tetramorium mpala sp. nov. is described from Laikipia, Kenya, and placed in the T. weitzeckeri species complex. In addition, we also provide an illustrated identification key to the three species complexes of the T. weitzeckeri species group, and an updated illustrated identification key to the species of the T. weitzeckeri species complex.
Download full text files
Additional Services
| Author: | Francisco Hita Garcia, Georg Fischer |
|---|---|
| URN: | urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-406122 |
| DOI: | https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2014.90 |
| ISSN: | 2118-9773 |
| Parent Title (English): | European journal of taxonomy : 90 |
| Series (Serial Number): | European journal of taxonomy : EJT (90) |
| Publisher: | Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle |
| Place of publication: | Paris |
| Document Type: | Part of Periodical |
| Language: | English |
| Year of Completion: | 2014 |
| Year of first Publication: | 2014 |
| Publishing Institution: | Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg |
| Release Date: | 2016/06/28 |
| Tag: | Kenya; Laikipia; Mpala Research Centre; Tetramoriini; taxonomy |
| Page Number: | 16 |
| HeBIS-PPN: | 381980146 |
| Dewey Decimal Classification: | 5 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik / 59 Tiere (Zoologie) / 590 Tiere (Zoologie) |
| Sammlungen: | Sammlung Biologie / Sondersammelgebiets-Volltexte |
| Licence (German): |  Creative Commons - Namensnennung 3.0 |
