Protonym: Tetramorium aspis
Authorship Hita Garcia & Fisher, 2014c: 61, figs. 22C, 27B, 28C, 29A, 30, 63
Forms w.
Bioregion Malagasy
Locality MADAGASCAR
Primary type information Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Madagascar: Fianarantsoa, R.S. Ivohibe, 8.0 km. E Ivohibe, 22.48333S, 46.96833E, 1200 m., montane rainforest, sifted litter (leaf mold, rotten wood), BLF01747, 15-21.x.1997 (B.L. Fisher). Primary type depository: CASC. Primary type specimen: CASENT0344940.
Secondary type information Secondary type material: 28 paratype workers. Secondary type localities: 11 paratype workers with same data as holotype, 3 paratype workers with same data as holotype but rotten stick on ground, BLF01746, 14 paratype workers with same data as holotype but 8.0 km. NE Ivohibe, 22.4217S, 46.8983E, BLF01751 and BLF01753, 3-9.xi.1997. Secondary type depositories: BMNH, CASC, MCZC.
Taxa belonging to this protonym
Tetramorium aspis Species Valid Original combination