Eutetramorium
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| Eutetramorium | |
|---|---|
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| Eutetramorium monticellii worker from Comoros | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Crematogastrini |
| Genus: | Eutetramorium Emery, 1899 |
| Type species | |
| Eutetramorium mocquerysi[1] Emery, 1899 | |
| Diversity[2] | |
| 3 species | |
Eutetramorium is a small genus of ants within the subfamily Myrmicinae. To date it contains three species found in Madagascar and Comoros.[3]
- Eutetramorium mocquerysi Emery 1899 – Madagascar
- Eutetramorium monticellii Emery 1899 – Comoros
- Eutetramorium parvum Bolton & Fisher, 2014 – Madagascar
Description
The queen is extremely ergatoid in E. mocquerysi, alate in E. monticellii. In E. parvum a normal dealate queen is present in the type-series, but there is also a specimen that may be an ergatoid or a worker-queen intercaste, or possibly merely an oversized worker. Males are known only for E. mocquerysi, where it is smaller than conspecific workers.[3]
